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grounds

  • noun
  • /ɡɹaʊndz/

Basis or justification for something.

Example

“grounds for divorce”

Other meanings

  1. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

    “the castle grounds”

  2. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

Synonyms

  • evidence

Example sentences

  • “Empty the coffee grounds after you're done brewing.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “grounds” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.