noun
1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand (Freq. 2)
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for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
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his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
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it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
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an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
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advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
• Syn: ↑magnificence, ↑brilliance, ↑splendour, ↑grandeur, ↑grandness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑grand (for: ↑grandness), ↑brilliant (for: ↑brilliance), ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence)
• Hypernyms: ↑elegance
• Hyponyms: ↑eclat
2. a quality that outshines the usual (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑luster, ↑lustre, ↑brilliancy, ↑splendour
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brilliant (for: ↑brilliancy)
• Hypernyms: ↑brightness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.