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grounds | fact |

As a noun grounds

is (legal) basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce" or grounds can be (plural only) the sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

As an initialism fact is

federation against copyright theft.

grounds

English

Etymology 1

From

Noun

(grounds)
  • (legal) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
  • The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.
    • Derived terms
    * groundskeeper * stomping grounds

    Etymology 2

    From (ground), past participle of (term)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plural only) The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

    • Anagrams

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    fact

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
  • *
  • A wrongful or criminal deed.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.ix:
    • She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact , / Against that nation [...].
  • (obsolete) Feat.
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  • An honest observation.
  • Something actual as opposed to invented.
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  • Something which has become real.
  • Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
  • An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.
  • Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

    • Antonyms

    * (Something actual) fiction

    Derived terms

    * factual * factoid * accessory after the fact * accessory before the fact * after the fact * as a matter of fact * attorney-in-fact * contrary to fact * fact-finding * fact-finder * fact of life * fact or fiction * fact sheet * finding of fact * in fact * in point of fact * * question of fact

    Related terms

    * fashion * faction * factor * factorial * factory * factotum

    See also

    * value * opinion * belief

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    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

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