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" Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it."
William Kingdon Clifford

Meaning of "grounds" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GROUNDS

ˈɡraʊndz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROUNDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grounds is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GROUNDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grounds in the English dictionary

The first definition of grounds in the dictionary is the land around a dwelling house or other building. Other definition of grounds is sediment or dregs, esp from coffee. Grounds is also reason; justification.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROUNDS

bands · Bonds · bounds · diamonds · ends · funds · hands · hounds · Islands · lands · Netherlands · petropounds · seconds · showgrounds · sounds · surrounds · swounds · thousands · weekends · zounds

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROUNDS

groundlessness · groundling · groundman · groundmass · groundnut · groundnut oil · groundout · groundplot · groundprox · groundsel · groundsel tree · groundsell · groundshare · groundsheet · groundsill · groundskeeper · groundsman · groundsmen · groundspeed · groundswell

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROUNDS

Barren Grounds · beat the bounds · Bury St Edmunds · by leaps and bounds · Cahokia Mounds · coffee grounds · electronic transfer of funds · feeding grounds · go the rounds · hare and hounds · lick one´s wounds · managed funds · master of foxhounds · master of hounds · out of bounds · ride to hounds · rub salt into someone´s wounds · run with the hare and hunt with the hounds · the hounds

Synonyms and antonyms of grounds in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GROUNDS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grounds» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «grounds» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF GROUNDS

Find out the translation of grounds to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of grounds from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grounds» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

理由
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

motivos
570 millions of speakers
en

English

grounds
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मैदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسباب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

основания
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

fundamentos
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভিত্তিতে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

terrains
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Alasan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Begründung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

根拠
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

근거
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Alasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

căn cứ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அடிப்படையில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मैदान
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

zeminler
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

motivo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

podstawy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

підстави
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

motive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λόγους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gronde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grunder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begrunnelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grounds

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUNDS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of grounds
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «grounds».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grounds

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «GROUNDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grounds.
1
Eric Andre
Hannibal Burress is my polar opposite in energy. I can be crazy, and he grounds the 'Eric Andre Show.'
2
Rudolf Arnheim
The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind.
3
Julian Baggini
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.
4
Amy J. Berg
As the people of Shishmaref lose their natural hunting grounds to the warming sea, they are forced to buy U.S. canned goods from the only local store on the island; however, this is not their natural diet and cannot sustain them throughout the year.
5
Peter L. Berger
So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.
6
William Blum
Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States.
7
David Blunkett
I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism; and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.
8
William Cullen Bryant
Nothing can be more striking to one who is accustomed to the little inclosures called public parks in our American cities, than the spacious, open grounds of London. I doubt, in fact, whether any person fully comprehends their extent, from any of the ordinary descriptions of them, until he has seen them or tried to walk over them.
9
Bat for Lashes
I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear.
10
William Kingdon Clifford
Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROUNDS»

Discover the use of grounds in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grounds and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It ...
Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks.
Mark Pendergrast, 2010
2
Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
The entries new to this edition include America by Jon Stewart, Sex by Madonna, The Buffalo Tree by Adam Rapp, and many more. Also included are updates to entries such as Forever by Judy Blume, and more.
Dawn B. Sova, 2006
3
Philosophical Grounds of Rationality: Intentions, ...
Predominantly known for his influential contributions to the philosophy of language, H.P. Grice is also a distinguished philosopher in the areas of ethics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind.
Richard E. Grandy, Richard Warner, 1988
4
Empty Meeting Grounds: The Tourist Papers
Empty Meeting Grounds continues Dean MacCannell's search for the cultural subject that is about to emerge from the encounter of the ex-primitive and the post-modern.
Dean MacCannell, 1992
5
Dangerous Grounds
Something’s hot in Seattle, and it’s not just the espresso. The Seattle Steam series Madison’s needs are simple. All she wants are two things: Make Ooo La Latté the newest trend in espresso, and seduce the sexiest cop in Seattle.
Shelli Stevens, 2008
6
Cursed Grounds
Presents eleven cursed places around the world, including a ruined city people are afraid to enter, a rocky creek where a dead woman's spirit is said to drown swimmers, and the frozen grave of a man who lived more than 5,000 years ago.
Steven L. Stern, 2011
7
Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
The entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the Harry Potter series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, The ...
Margaret Bald, 2006
8
Grounds for Grounding: A Circuit to System Handbook
The first book to cover grounding from the circuit to system and across the entire spectrum of applications Grounds for Grounding provides a complete and thorough approach to the subject of designing electrical and electronic circuits and ...
Elya B. Joffe, Kai-Sang Lock, 2011
9
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
The entries new to this edition include the Captain Underpants series, We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier, and Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Margaret Zemach.
Dawn B. Sova, 2006
10
Fishing Grounds: Defining A New Era For American Fisheries ...
"Fishing Grounds presents an overview of fisheries management options and positions. It is an important work for fisheries professionals as well as for students and researchers involved with fisheries and their management."--BOOK JACKET.
Susan Hanna, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROUNDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grounds is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trumbull County Fair officials prepare for soggy grounds
“So just to be on the safe side, we already scheduled them to do it and each day, we look at the grounds and look at the weather and make our ... «WKBN.com, Jul 15»
2
Bahraini king pardons prominent activist on health grounds
FILE - In this Friday, March 21, 2014 file photo, a Bahraini pro-democracy protester wears a mask with an image of jailed Bahraini human rights ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
3
Riecken cancels fundraiser on church grounds
EVANSVILLE - Democratic mayoral candidate Gail Riecken has scotched plans to hold a fundraiser at Memorial Baptist Church Tuesday, ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
4
Clean Energy Finance Corporation could have legal grounds to fight …
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) could have an avenue to fight the Federal Government's prohibition on investing in wind power ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
Costa's coffee fix for amateur gardeners: Chain to offer grounds for …
Alternatively, the grounds can be dug in to a heavy alkali soil to break it down and encourage earthworms which then aerates the soil. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Steinway Mansion's Grounds Torn Up for Upsetting Warehouses
Queens preservationists are growing increasingly frustrated in their quest to save the Steinway Mansion—or, more accurately, the land around ... «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
7
Outage at CVG grounds several flights
Frontier Airlines became the first low-cost carrier in more than a decade at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport when it launched a daily non-stop ... «WXIX, Jul 15»
8
Concrete slab removed from State House grounds
COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) - The last remaining piece of where the Confederate Flag flew on State House grounds was removed Monday. «WACH, Jul 15»
9
Seahawks come to Pendleton Round-Up grounds
The Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon are excited to announce that after an absence of 53 years, the NFL will once again make an ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
10
Featured Home: Luxurious Estate Includes Spa Bath, Park-like …
Featured Home: Luxurious Estate Includes Spa Bath, Park-like Grounds. This week's house of the week in Newton has plenty of room for the ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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