noun
1. a prominent status
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a person of importance
• Syn: ↑importance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑important, ↑important (for: ↑importance)
• Hypernyms: ↑standing
2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
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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, ↑splendor, ↑splendour, ↑grandeur
• Derivationally related forms: ↑grand, ↑brilliant (for: ↑brilliance), ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence)
• Hypernyms: ↑elegance
• Hyponyms: ↑eclat
3. unusual largeness in size or extent or number
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms:
↑wide (for: ↑wideness), ↑vast (for: ↑vastness), ↑sizeable (for: ↑sizeableness), ↑immense (for: ↑immensity), ↑immense (for: ↑immenseness), ↑great (for: ↑greatness), ↑grand, ↑enormous (for: ↑enormousness)
• Hyponyms: ↑enormity
4. splendid or imposing in size or appearance
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the grandness of the architecture
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impressed by the richness of the flora
• Syn: ↑impressiveness, ↑magnificence, ↑richness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rich (for: ↑richness), ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence), ↑grand, ↑impressive (for: ↑impressiveness)
• Hypernyms: ↑excellence
• Hyponyms: ↑expansiveness, ↑expansivity, ↑stateliness, ↑majesty, ↑loftiness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.