Definitions for grounds
grounds

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. evidence, groundsnoun

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

   "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

2. yard, grounds, curtilagenoun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

   "it was a small house with almost no yard"

3. groundsnoun

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

4. cause, reason, groundsnoun

   a justification for something existing or happening

   "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

5. groundsnoun

   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"

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1. grounds

   Grounds refers to the solid surface or soil that forms a foundation or base of something; it may also refer to areas of land used for a particular purpose or activity. Additionally, it can refer to factors, circumstances, or reasons that provide a justification or basis for something, such as a belief, claim, or course of action.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GROUNDS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grounds is ranked #16728 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Grounds surname appeared 1,710 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Grounds.
   
   89% or 1,523 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 66 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 37 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 37 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.1% or 37 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Dregs
   • Field
   • Information
   • Justification
   • Tract

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grounds' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1657

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'grounds' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3016

How to pronounce grounds?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say grounds in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grounds in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grounds in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of grounds in a Sentence

1. Cornell Brooks:

   We cannot have the Confederate flag waving on the grounds of the state Capitol.

2. Keith Whittington:

   I think increasingly the administration is in the territory where really it's making political arguments, not really legal arguments, they're not arguments that are designed to persuade lawyers that there's some kind of decent constitutional grounds for what the administration wants to do here. It's designed to set up a political fight, including a political fight in the Senate.

3. Denis Pushilin:

   The exchange of the British men sentenced to death in the DPR is not under discussion, there are no grounds for pardoning them.

4. Jeff Smith:

   Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimately, they’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nest, even if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferate, ideally, Pakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilk, and then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.

5. Tom Lehrer:

   The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=grounds
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html