grounds

Speech parts

1. grounds - Noun

2. grounds - Verb

Meaning

a justification for something existing or happening

the enclosed land around a house or other building

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

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

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

evidence cause reason yard park manor marc esplanade realty foundation villa quad parkland lees racecourse
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Antonyms

effect attack event response base basis
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Hypernyms

field information justification parcel tract dregs

Hyponyms

lead dooryard track sign proof garden

Phrases with the word

practical grounds on the grounds of this on the grounds eye grounds burial grounds breeding grounds

Examples

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. Livy

I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents... Thomas Jefferson

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. Bertrand Russell

If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. Edward R. Murrow

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over. Germaine Greer

If you do not have sandals, find some, if you do not have gun powder, find some for a score to settle with you on the battle grounds. Akan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

groundplan groundprox groundrow grounds officer groundscraper groundsel