grounds

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹaʊndz/
• (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ɡɹʊndz/

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• Rhymes: -aʊndz
• Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grounds

1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”).

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.

   grounds for divorce

   • 1960 January, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1860”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:

     There was, however, one proposal which, had it reached fruition, might have had far-reaching effects. This was for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edinburgh & Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Railways, for which a Bill was promoted, but rejected by the Parliamentary Committee on the grounds that the preamble was not proved.

2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

   the castle grounds

   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎^[1]:

     House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.

Derived terms

• Archgrounds
• fairgrounds
• groundskeeper
• groundskeeping
• groundsman
• grounds officer
• groundswoman
• stomping grounds

Translations

basis or justification for something — see also reason,‎ cause,‎ motive

• Azerbaijani: əsas (az)
• Catalan: raó (ca) f, causa (ca), motiu (ca) m, fundamento (ca)
• French: raison (fr) f, motif (fr) m
• German: Grund (de) m, Rechtfertigung (de) f
• Ido: kazuko, motivo (io), fundamento (io)
• Māori: papa, rawa
• Polish: podstawy nvir pl, uzasadnienie (pl) n
• Russian: основа́ние (ru) n (osnovánije), обоснова́ние (ru) n (obosnovánije)
• Spanish: causal (es) m or f, fundamento (es) m
• Ukrainian: підста́ва f (pidstáva), обґрунтува́ння n (obgruntuvánnja)

area of land

• Catalan: terreny (ca) m
• Dutch: terrein (nl), omgeving (nl)
• Finnish: tilus (fi)
• Ido: tereno (io)
• Māori: papawhenua
• Polish: tereny nvir pl, ziemie nvir pl
• Portuguese: terreno (pt) m
• Spanish: terreno (es) m

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind.

Noun

grounds pl (plural only)

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

   coffee grounds

Translations

sediment at the bottom of a liquid

• Catalan: marro (ca) m
• French: marc (fr) m
• Galician: borra (gl) f
• German: Satz (de) m
• Greek: κατακάθι (el) n (katakáthi)
• Hungarian: üledék (hu)
• Irish: dríodar caife m (coffee)
• Navajo: bitłʼááshjání
• Polish: osad (pl) m, fusy nvir pl
• Spanish: concho (es) m, poso (es) m, hez (es) f
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: تلوه (telve)

• Welsh: gwaddod m

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