🇬🇧 Ground meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

When we talk about “ground” as a noun in this way, it means a topic, subject, or area of knowledge. It’s like an invisible “place” in your mind where you know a lot or like to talk a lot. For example, if you read tons of books about dinosaurs, then dinosaurs are your “ground” – your special subject that you understand well and feel comfortable talking about.

In the ground of excuses, my little sister has a PhD and a gold medal.

The robot I built has a lot of ground in bumping into walls and apologizing politely.

The cat has a lot of ground in sneaking snacks but zero ground in feeling guilty about it.

I have no ground in vegetables, but I’m a world champion in dessert discussions.

The principal’s ground is rules, but my ground is finding the loopholes.

In a small room, two old friends spread map-like notes, each note titled music, cooking, travel. One ground led to a story of a train; another ground brought laughter and a tear. They searched for common ground, then made new ground together, picking one ground to try. They hugged, content.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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