grounding
pronunciation
How to pronounce grounding in British English:
UK [ˈɡraʊndɪŋ]
How to pronounce grounding in American English:
US [ ˈɡraʊndɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- fastening electrical equipment to earth
Word Origin
- grounding (n.)
- late 14c., "action of establishing," verbal noun from ground (v.). Meaning "instruction in fundamentals" is from 1640s. Sense of "background of a design" is from 1882.
- grounding (n.
Example
- 1. In a new paper , kanazawa replicates the finding and provides a theoretical grounding .
- 2. Researchers say using videogame-style techniques to motivate people has grounding in psychological studies and behavioral economics .
- 3. With the left-hand quadrants gone , so too are the grounding and validity of subjective phenomena such as values , meaning and purpose .
- 4. But while these people may have a grounding in general management , they can lack deep industry experience of fast-moving business trends , such as the development of china and india .
- 5. He frets that the tibetan schools in india have failed both in equipping children to win scholarships at the best indian colleges , and in providing a grounding in tibetan language and culture .