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English noun: grounds | |||
| 1. | grounds (cognition) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | ||
| Samples | The evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling. | ||
| Synonyms | evidence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | information | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cogent evidence, disproof, falsification, lead, probable cause, proof, refutation, sign, symptom, track, trail | ||
| 2. | grounds (artifact) the enclosed land around a house or other building | ||
| Samples | It was a small house with almost no yard. | ||
| Synonyms | curtilage, yard | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | field | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard | ||
| 3. | grounds (location) a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| 4. | grounds (communication) a justification for something existing or happening | ||
| Samples | He had no cause to complain. They had good reason to rejoice. | ||
| Synonyms | cause, reason | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | justification | ||
| 5. | grounds (object) dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue | ||
| Samples | It is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dregs, settlings | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coffee grounds | ||
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