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| Main Entry: |
grounds
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | estate, domain |
| Synonyms: | acreage, area, campus, country, district, environs, fields, gardens, habitat, holding, land, lot, premises, property, real estate, realm, sphere, spot, terrace, terrain, territory, tract, zone |
| Main Entry: | grounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sediment |
| Synonyms: | deposit, dregs, grouts, leavings, lees, precipitate, precipitation, residue, settlings |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, land |
| Synonyms: | arena, dirt, dust, field, landscape, loam, old sod, park, real estate, sand, sod, soil, terra firma, terrain, turf |
| Antonyms: | heavens, sky |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | base, set; educate |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, bottom, coach, discipline, establish, familiarize, fit, fix, found, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, introduce, predicate, prepare, prime, qualify, rest, settle, stay, teach, train, tutor |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrict; drop in place |
| Synonyms: | bar, beach, bring down, dock, down, fell, floor, knock down, land, level, mow down, prevent, strand |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | acre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of land, unit of area |
| Synonyms: | acreage, bit, estate, grounds, manor, plot, property |
| Main Entry: | argument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effort to convince; presentation of support |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, assertion, case, claim, contention, debate, defense, discussion, exchange, expostulation, grounds, line of reasoning, logic, plea, pleading, polemic, proof, questioning, reason, reasoning, remonstrance, remonstration |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, cause for action |
| Synonyms: | claim, excuse, grounds, justification, necessity, obligation, occasion, reason, right, urge |
| Main Entry: | campus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | school grounds |
| Synonyms: | dorm, grounds, quad, quadrangle, square, yard |
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