Synonyms for GROUNDS
grounds

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1. evidence, groundsnoun

   your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

   "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, grounds, reason, cause, evidence

2. yard, grounds, curtilagenoun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

   "it was a small house with almost no yard"

   Synonyms:
   reason, cause, cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, yard, evidence, grand

3. groundsnoun

   a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

4. cause, reason, groundsnoun

   a justification for something existing or happening

   "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

   Synonyms:
   ground, suit, intellect, causal agency, yard, crusade, drive, effort, causa, evidence, case, campaign, reasonableness, movement, curtilage, reason, rationality, grounds, lawsuit, understanding, cause, causal agent

5. groundsnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

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1. • Dregs
   • Field
   • Information
   • Justification
   • Tract

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1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   lees, dregs, sediment, grouts, precipitate, settlings

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1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   settlings, sediment, dregs, precipitate

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1. List of paraphrases for "grounds":

   reasons, motives, motifs, reason, memorandum, causes, bases, foundations, rationale, justification, considerations, motivations, justifications, subjects, arguments, basis

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How to use GROUNDS in a sentence?

1. Gary Lavine:

   We promulgated a rule having to do with applications for outside activity — meaning outside income. The rule requires a vote of the commission. But there was no vote on the book deal, in fact it was never presented to us. The staff took the position that no vote of the commission was necessary. I will move tomorrow to rescind the informal opinion, the grounds for rescission on the approval is the material misrepresentation that there would be no state resources used to write the book and effective its publication.

2. John Rutherford:

   I used to tell my community and my officers that I don’t want to be the best first-responder to a mass-causualty event. I want to prevent that event before it occurs. And that’s what( this bill) will do, this bill gives students, teachers( and others) the tools to recognize the early-warning signs to prevent violence from even entering our school grounds.

3. Lee Gelernt:

   The appeals court ruled on much broader grounds than the DC District Court which found a procedural violation. The appeals court stated that the rule was flat out unlawful because if flouted the federal statutes Congress enacted to protect asylum seekers and because it was arbitrary.

4. Nicholas Burns:

   This is not right on procedural grounds.

5. Sandra Babcock:

   Sandra Babcock said. Mrs. Montgomerys case presents compelling grounds for clemency, including her history as a victim of gang rape, incestand child sex trafficking, as well as her severe mental illness, she will now have the opportunity to present this evidence to the President with a request that he commute her sentence to life imprisonment.