grounds
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,823 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 45,629 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief also: evidence the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- the enclosed land around a house or other building also: yard, curtilage it was a small house with almost no yard
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- a justification for something existing or happening also: cause, reason he had no cause to complainthey had good reason to rejoice
- 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
grounds in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Houses with spacious grounds everywhere: no densely-packed buildings.
This Simian World · Clarence Day · Chapter 1
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Imagine their surprise when they entered Mrs. Turner's grounds and saw the arrangements made for out-of-door sports.
Harper's Young People, September 13, 1881 · Various · Chapter 1
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Saying this, he led me to a secluded part of the grounds, and whispered in my ear.
Punch — The London Charivari, November 4th 1893 · Various · Chapter 1
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On those grounds alone the Committee dismissed the Appeal, and declared the Lyceum Theatre closed till further notice.
Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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That night in the grounds of Lingford Grange the man stood like a statue, half invisible among the shadows.
Master of Men · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1