grandiose schemes of urban renewalgrandiosegran‧di‧ose /ˈɡrændiəʊs $ -oʊs/ adjective 
grandiose schemes of urban renewal
WORD ORIGINgrandiose
Origin:
1800-1900 French, Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis; ➔ GRAND1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It's just another of Wheeler's grandiose schemes.
- As the Wesleyan Methodists became increasingly respectable they too built grandiose chapels in the suburbs.
- In the autumn twilight the great building appeared simultaneously shoddy and grandiose.
- Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new.
- On the one hand they are rebuilding in Berlin the grandiose capital of a restored nation state.
- Statements of positive expectations need not be grandiose.
- The more grandiose their mad ark visions got, the more interested in the whole idea they all became.
- Their proposals are simple, grandiose in scope and traverse party lines.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY grandiose schemes of urban renewalCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
grandiose plans sound very important or impressive, but are not practicalgrandiose scheme/plan/idea etc grandiose schemes of urban renewal· Conrad now conceived a new and even more grandiose strategy.· The more grandiose their mad ark visions got, the more interested in the whole idea they all became.· When the farm worker sees ex-workmates supporting a more grandiose life-style he becomes more aware of his own relatively lowly situation.
NOUN· Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new.
· Today the Government has grandiose plans for a new futuristic city centre.· Once Louis's advisers were involved these grandiose plans gave way to more realistic ones.
· Most importantly, it should be cheaper than some grandiose schemes being floated to bring back the age of sail.· In such a context Mr Bush's grandiose schemes are not only unwelcome; they are an irrelevance.
grandiose schemes of urban renewal