Meaning

3 senses
  1. Basis or justification for something.

    grounds for divorce

    Grund, Rechtfertigung

    основа́ниеosnovánije, обоснова́ниеobosnovánije

    підста́ваpidstáva, обґрунтува́нняobgruntuvánnja

    a justification for something existing or happening

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

    the castle grounds

  3. (plural, plural only)The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

    coffee grounds

    Satz

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
basis or justification for something:
Русский
By meaning 1
basis or justification for something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
basis or justification for something:
sediment at the bottom of a liquid:

Origin

From ground (“basis, surroundings”). From ground, past participle of to grind.

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

From ground, past participle of to grind.

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Forms

plural: grounds
Singulargrounds
Pluralgrounds

irregular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the enclosed land around a house or other building:yardcurtilage
  • your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief:evidence
  • a justification for something existing or happening:causereason

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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