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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
grounds
1. your basis for belief or disbelief;
knowledge on which to base belief (Freq. 6)
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
• Syn:
evidence
• Derivationally related forms:
evidential (for: evidence), evidentiary (for: evidence), evident (for: evidence), evidence (for: evidence)
• Hypernyms:
information
• Hyponyms:
probable cause, proof, cogent evidence, disproof, falsification,
refutation, lead, track, trail, symptom, sign
2. the enclosed land around a house or other building (Freq. 5)
- it was a small house with almost no yard
• Syn:
yard, curtilage
• Hypernyms:
field
• Hyponyms:
backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard
3. a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
4. a justification for something existing or happening (Freq. 1)
- he had no cause to complain
- they had good reason to rejoice
• Syn:
cause, reason
• Derivationally related forms:
causal (for: cause), cause (for: cause)
• Hypernyms:
justification
5. 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
• Hypernyms:
dregs, settlings
• Hyponyms:
coffee grounds
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