Synonym: basis, cause, dregs, foundation, garden, motive, premise, real estate, reason, sediment. Similar words: groundswell, on the grounds of, ground, playground, background, ungrounded, common ground, groundwater. Meaning: [graʊnd] n. 1. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief 2. the enclosed land around a house or other building 3. a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) 4. a justification for something existing or happening 5. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
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181. Hughes advocated the use of low potencies prescribed on pathological grounds rather than on the patient's general symptom picture.
182. We may reject advertisements on grounds of taste, and we are always willing to consider for publication letters critical of advertising.
183. This general power to provide accommodation on welfare grounds applies only to children under the age of 18 years.
184. Though the estate has somewhat diminished since the Weighall days it still has superbly laid-out grounds of over thirty acres.
185. This chapter deals with outdoor activities within the school grounds.
186. Again,[www.Sentencedict.com] I do not believe that enough of the electorate can be persuaded to act on these grounds alone.
187. Very few colleges these days refuse admission on grounds of age alone.
188. It is essential that the impact of resource allocation formula is justifiable on grounds other than the composition of any particular formula.
189. Feeling in dire need of fresh air, Ellie went outside into the grounds.
190. On analytical grounds the answer is probably in the affirmative.
191. Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents... pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. Abraham Lincoln
192. We would not wish to outlaw parenthood on the grounds that some children are abused, even murdered, in the home.
193. He always seemed to be ringing from a callbox, on grounds that the walls in his office had ears.
194. Acrylic, emulsion and gesso grounds tend to be more absorbent than oil and alkyd grounds.
195. By 1905 learning to design station grounds had become an accepted part of landscape architectural education.
196. Good hunting grounds are becoming harder to find.
197. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
198. We can criticize the population trap on two major grounds.
199. The open cities will be testing grounds for our external policies.
200. Auctions are good hunting grounds, but set yourself a price limit.
More similar words: groundswell, on the grounds of, ground, playground, background, ungrounded, common ground, groundwater, middle ground, round and round, round, around, round off, all round, round up, go around, all around, surround, come round, get around, by leaps and bounds, bum around, surrounded, surrounding, revolve around, around the corner, turnaround time, group, ethnic group, undergrowth.