ADJ.
long
VERB + GRAN
time
GRAN + NOUN
author, grandad, greetings, residence, torino, years
PREP.
in
noun
A grandmother.
noun
A grandfather.
name
A surname from Norwegian, Swedish, or Tagalog.
A municipality and village therein, in Innlandet, Norway.
noun — the mother of your father or mother
For a long time Gran was the residence of the Court, though it subsequently yielded to the sway of the Mongols.
Wiktionary"Gran Torino" is a modern revisitation of Western movies.
Tatoeba · #3149378Johannes Gabriel Granö, the author of the classic book "Pure Geography", is at the forefront of Finnish geography.
Tatoeba · #4775557My gran is eighty years old.
Tatoeba · #8957693Gran elbowed Grandad in the ribs as he was about to start regaling the dinner guest with his stories.
Tatoeba · #12137412My gran didn't recognise me any more. She thought I was a nurse.
Tatoeba · #12137457i Register
In some senses, gran is marked as informal, obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.