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CEFRC1

/ɡɹaʊndz/

noun

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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third-person singular simple present indicative of ground
The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

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House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
There was, however, one proposal which, had it reached fruition, might have had far-reaching effects. This was for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edinburgh & Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Railways, for which a Bill was promoted, but rejected by the Parliamentary Committee on the grounds that the preamble was not proved.
1960 January 26, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1860”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

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