grounds

Noun
  1. Your basis for belief or disbelief;
    Knowledge on which to base belief (synset 105832256)
    "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
    is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
    subtypes:
    • probable cause - (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure
    • cogent evidence, proof - any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
    • disproof, falsification, refutation - any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
    • lead, track, trail - evidence pointing to a possible solution
    • symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
    • sign - (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
    same as: evidence
  2. The enclosed land around a house or other building (synset 104618236)
    "it was a small house with almost no yard"
    is a type of: field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
    subtypes:
    • backyard - the grounds in back of a house
    • dooryard - a yard outside the front or rear door of a house
    • front yard - the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
    • garden - a yard or lawn adjoining a house
    • playground - yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
    • side yard - the grounds at either side of a house
    same as: curtilage, yard
  3. A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) (synset 108587931)
    is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
  4. A justification for something existing or happening (synset 106753097)
    "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
    is a type of: justification - a statement in explanation of some action or belief
    same as: cause, reason
  5. Dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue (synset 109317890)
    "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"
    is a type of: dregs, settlings - sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
    subtypes: coffee grounds - the dregs remaining after brewing coffee

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