Grounds - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɡraʊndz|  American pronunciation of the word grounds
Brit.  |ɡraʊndz|  British pronunciation of the word grounds
- this word is used as a present tense form (he/she/it) of the verbto ground
- this word is used as a plural form of the nounground

noun

- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief (syn: evidence)
- the enclosed land around a house or other building (syn: curtilage, yard)
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- a justification for something existing or happening (syn: cause, reason)
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds

Extra examples

Each fall the birds return to their wintering grounds.

The irretrievable breakdown of a marriage can be grounds for divorce.

...a rogue archbishop who was excommunicated on grounds of contumacy...

She divorced him on the grounds of intolerable cruelty.

...use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate...

...the estate's grounds include a delightfully umbrageous grove...

We visited their august mansion and expansive grounds.

I can probably get you a couple of days extension on compassionate grounds.

Now that you've seen the house, I'll show you around the grounds.

Put the coffee grounds in the garbage.

There were no grounds to deny bail.

When the rain stops let's head for the picnic grounds.

These are all the grounds pertaining to the castle.

He was retired on medical grounds.

If you dare to trespass on my grounds you will be treated as a vagrant or a beggar.

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