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Grounds

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Noun

1. evidence, grounds

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

Example Sentences:
'the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling'

2. curtilage, grounds, yard

the enclosed land around a house or other building

Example Sentences:
'it was a small house with almost no yard'

3. grounds

a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

4. cause, grounds, reason

a justification for something existing or happening

Example Sentences:
'he had no cause to complain'
'they had good reason to rejoice'

5. grounds

dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

Example Sentences:
'it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Grounds

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plural noun
1. 
the land around a dwelling house or other building
the palace grounds
the grounds of the University
They were playing in the school grounds.
2. 
sediment or dregs, esp from coffee
3. 
reason; justification
The court ruled that surgeons should have sought permission for the surgery, even if there were medical grounds.
The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence.
The hospital was closed in 1989 on economic grounds.
We've got grounds for complaint.
We have grounds for believing they are trading illegally.
She had been freed on humanitarian grounds.
Surely these statistics give grounds for optimism.
In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.
She cited adultery as grounds for divorce.
They had no legal grounds for claiming compensation.
Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
He resigned on the grounds of ill health.
She pleaded guilty to murder on grounds of diminished responsibility.
He rejected this idea on the grounds that it would be unworkable.
The court overturned the decision on the grounds that the prosecution had withheld crucial evidence.
They oppose the minimum wage on the grounds that it would prevent employers from taking on new staff.

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Grounds

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v.intr.
1. To touch or reach the ground.
2. Baseball To hit a ground ball: grounded to the second baseman.
3. Nautical To run aground.
v.
Past tense and past participle of grind.
n.
1.
a. The solid surface of the earth.
b. The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.
2. Soil; earth: level the ground for a lawn.
3. often grounds An area of land designated for a particular purpose: a burial ground; parade grounds.
4. often grounds The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building: a guesthouse on the grounds of the mansion.
5. An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle: The soldiers held their ground against the enemy. Character witnesses helped the defendant stand her ground in the trial.
6. Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else: a ground of white paint under the mural.
7. A surrounding area; a background.
8. often grounds The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis.
9. often grounds The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause: grounds for suspicion; a ground for divorce. See Synonyms at base1.
10. An area of reference or discussion; a subject: The professor covered new ground in every lecture.
11. grounds
a. The sediment at or from the bottom of a liquid: coffee grounds.
b. Particles of ground coffee beans for use in making coffee for drinking.
12. Electricity
a. A large conducting body, such as the earth or an electric circuit connected to the earth, used as an arbitrary zero of potential.
b. A conducting object, such as a wire, that is connected to such a position of zero potential.
13. A mesh background upon which patterns are worked in lace-making.
v. ground·ed, ground·ing, grounds
v.tr.
1. To place on or cause to touch the ground.
2. To provide a basis for (a theory, for example); justify.
3. To supply with basic information; instruct in fundamentals.
4.
a. To prevent (an aircraft or a pilot) from flying.
b. Informal To restrict (someone) especially to a certain place as a punishment.
5. Electricity To connect (an electric circuit) to a ground.
6. Nautical To run (a vessel) aground.
7.
a. Baseball To hit (a ball) onto the ground.
b. Football To throw (a ball) to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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