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Grand Prix
[ French grahn pree ]
noun
- (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
Grand Prix
/ ɡrɑ̃ pri /
noun
- any of a series of formula motor races held to determine the annual Drivers' World Championship
- ( as modifier )
a Grand Prix car
- horse racing a race for three-year-old horses run at Maisons Lafitte near Paris
- a very important competitive event in various other sports, such as athletics, snooker, or powerboating
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Example Sentences
The highest level is the Grand Prix, which is practiced at the Olympics.
Among the competitors were my father and the painter Drouais, whose remarkable picture gained him the Grand Prix.
I myself had just won the Grand Prix, which necessitated my going to Rome for two years.
On ne sait pas quel animal elles out appartenu, mais on les transporte dans le Khoragur (Kiva), o elles se vendent grand prix.
And Parisiennes have gradually taken to lingering after Grand Prix.
One expects that, but bad weather for the Grand Prix is a tragedy.
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