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How to pronounce grounds in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms evidence
Type of information
Has types cogent evidence, probable cause, proof, refutation, disproof, falsification, sign, symptom, track, lead, trail
Type Words
Synonyms cause, reason
Type of justification
Type Words
Synonyms curtilage, yard
Type of field
Has types backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard
Type Words
Type of piece of land, tract, parcel of land, parcel, piece of ground
Type Words
Type of settlings, dregs
Has types coffee grounds


it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds.

Examples of grounds

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Fifteen trail guides will spread out across the grounds to keep people on track.
From the dailyherald.com
The grounds on which those efforts are said to be based, however, give us pause.
From the latimes.com
There is no grounds pass available Saturday, as has been the case on other days.
From the kentucky.com
Activities take place on the museum grounds and pavilion lawn around the gazebo.
From the dailyherald.com
The gardens and grounds are a particular and rare benefit for a house like this.
From the henleystandard.co.uk
Ships then transit the park, directly through the whale's main foraging grounds.
From the sciencedaily.com
The nearly half acre of park-like grounds contain a saltwater pool and a studio.
From the latimes.com
Ms McDonald lodged a personal grievance on the grounds of unjustified dismissal.
From the odt.co.nz
We should have semi-finals played at different grounds with the final at Lord's.
From the dailymail.co.uk
More examples
  • Land: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
  • Anchor: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
  • Confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
  • Reason: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
  • Place or put on the ground
  • Footing: a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
  • Ground is the second album by the Nels Cline Trio. Initially it was to be a 7", but reviewing the demos Krown Pocket director Brian Rosser suggested an album.
  • In electrical engineering, ground or earth may be the reference point in an electrical circuit from which other voltages are measured, or a common return path for electric current, or a direct physical connection to the Earth.
  • Since the neutral point of an electrical supply system is often connected to earth ground, ground and neutral are closely related. Under certain conditions, a conductor used to connect to a system neutral is also used for grounding (earthing) of equipment and structures. ...