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{"id": "grand", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "grand", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "grandness", "text": "grandness"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["Middle English: from Old French grant, grand, from Latin grandis \u2018full-grown, big, great\u2019. The original uses were to denote family relationships (grand (sense 4 of the adjective), following Old French usage) and as a title (the Grand, translating Old French le Grand); hence the senses \u2018of the highest rank\u2019, \u2018of great importance\u2019"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/grand_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u0261rand"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["magnificent and imposing in appearance, size, or style"], "examples": [{"text": "a grand country house"}, {"text": "the dinner party was very grand"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0427110.007", "shortDefinitions": ["magnificent and imposing"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["large, ambitious, or impressive in scope or scale"], "examples": [{"text": "his grand design for the future of Europe"}, {"text": "this was opera on a grand scale"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0427110.012", "shortDefinitions": ["large, ambitious, or impressive in scope etc."], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "ostentatious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "grandiose"}, {"language": "en", "text": "showy"}, {"language": "en", "text": "extravagant"}, {"language": "en", "text": "lordly"}, {"language": "en", "text": "imperious"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "grand", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0006478.002"}]}, {"definitions": ["(of a person) of high rank and behaving in an appropriately proud or dignified way"], "examples": [{"text": "she was such a grand lady"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0427110.013", "shortDefinitions": ["of high rank and behaving in proud and dignified way"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "august"}, {"language": "en", "text": "distinguished"}, {"language": "en", "text": "illustrious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "eminent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "esteemed"}, {"language": "en", "text": "great"}, {"language": "en", "text": "elevated"}, {"language": "en", "text": "exalted"}, {"language": "en", "text": "honoured"}, {"language": "en", "text": "venerable"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dignified"}, {"language": "en", "text": "refined"}, {"language": "en", "text": "respectable"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "grand", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0006478.003"}]}, {"definitions": ["used in names of places or buildings to suggest size or splendour"], "examples": [{"text": "the Grand Canyon"}, {"text": "the Grand Hotel"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0427110.014", "shortDefinitions": ["(in names) denoting places of great size and splendour"]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "magnificent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "imposing"}, {"language": "en", "text": "impressive"}, {"language": "en", "text": "awe-inspiring"}, {"language": "en", "text": "splendid"}, {"language": "en", "text": "resplendent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "superb"}, {"language": "en", "text": "striking"}, {"language": "en", "text": "monumental"}, {"language": "en", "text": "majestic"}, {"language": "en", "text": "glorious"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "grand", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0006478.001"}]}, {"definitions": ["denoting the largest or most important item of its kind"], "examples": [{"text": "the grand entrance"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0427110.017", "notes": [{"text": "attributive", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["denoting largest or most important item of its kind"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["of the highest rank (used especially in official titles)"], "examples": [{"text": "the Grand Vizier"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0427110.019", "shortDefinitions": ["of highest rank"]}, {"crossReferenceMarkers": ["Compare with petty (sense 2)"], "crossReferences": [{"id": "petty", "text": "petty", "type": "see also"}], "definitions": ["(of a crime)