NOUN | cognition | grounds, evidence | your basis for belief or disbelief |
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artifact | grounds, yard, curtilage | the enclosed land around a house or other building | |
location | grounds | a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation / recreation or burial etc.) | |
communication | grounds, cause, reason | a justification for something existing or happening | |
object | grounds | dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue |
Sounds | graw'ndz; graw'nz | |
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Rhymes | bounds | |
Townes |
Meaning | Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief. | |
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Synonym | evidence | |
Narrower | disproof, falsification, refutation | Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something |
lead, track, trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution | |
probable cause | (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search / search and seizure | |
proof, cogent evidence | Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something | |
sign | (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease | |
symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
Broader | information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
Spanish | base, evidencia, fundamento | |
Catalan | base, evidència, fonament |
Meaning | The enclosed land around a house or other building. | |
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Synonyms | yard, curtilage | |
Narrower | 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 | |
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 | |
Broader | field | A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed |
Spanish | corral, curtilage, patio | |
Catalan | corral, cortiol, curtilage, pati |
Meaning | A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation / recreation or burial etc.). | |
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Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
Meaning | A justification for something existing or happening. | |
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Synonyms | cause, reason | |
Broader | justification | A statement in explanation of some action or belief |
Spanish | causa, fundamento, motivo, razón | |
Catalan | causa, motiu, raó |
Meaning | Dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue. | |
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Example | "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds" | |
Narrower | coffee grounds | The dregs remaining after brewing coffee |
Broader | dregs, settlings | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid / liquid |
Spanish | poso, zurrapa | |
Catalan | pòsit, solatge |
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