different between grounds vs consideration
grounds
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?ndz/
- Hyphenation: grounds
Etymology 1
Noun
grounds
- plural of ground
Verb
grounds
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ground
Etymology 2
From ground (“basis, surroundings”)
Noun
grounds (plural grounds)
- (law) Basis or justification for something.
- The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
Derived terms
- groundskeeper
- stomping grounds
Translations
Etymology 3
From ground, past participle of to grind
Noun
grounds pl (plural only)
- The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
- coffee grounds
Translations
Anagrams
- dog runs
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consideration
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French consideracion, from Latin c?ns?der?ti?. Synchronically analyzable as consider +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?d???e???n/
- Hyphenation: con?sid?er?ation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
consideration (countable and uncountable, plural considerations)
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- Synonyms: deliberation, thought
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Synonyms: factor, motive, reason
- The tendency to consider others.
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
- Importance, claim to notice, regard.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54
- [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54
Related terms
Translations
Middle French
Noun
consideration f (plural considerations)
- Alternative form of consyderation
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