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Meaning of grounds

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  grounds
      n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
           base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer
           is very compelling" [syn: {evidence}, {grounds}]
      2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
         small house with almost no yard" [syn: {yard}, {grounds},
         {curtilage}]
      3: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation
         or burial etc.)
      4: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
         no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
         [syn: {cause}, {reason}, {grounds}]
      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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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