ground floor
noun
plural ground floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1
2
: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants
—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor
investors who got in on the ground floor
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The evening kicked off with a cocktail hour held on the museum’s ground floor level.
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Bound by Delaware, Sacramento, Virginia and Acton streets, the project site will also feature about 60,000 square feet of open space, a diagonal connection to the Ohlone Greenway that cuts through the center of the site and ground floor retail and childcare.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The building holds just 11 suites and has a stylish bar on its ground floor.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
My ground floor criteria require accelerating revenue and earnings (both sequentially and year-over-year), reasonable valuation relative to the market, and solid technical action.
—Jeffrey Hirsch, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Bound by Delaware, Sacramento, Virginia and Acton streets, the project site will also feature about 60,000 square feet of open space, a diagonal connection to the Ohlone Greenway that cuts through the center of the site and ground floor retail and childcare.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The building holds just 11 suites and has a stylish bar on its ground floor.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
My ground floor criteria require accelerating revenue and earnings (both sequentially and year-over-year), reasonable valuation relative to the market, and solid technical action.
—Jeffrey Hirsch, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ground floor
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“Ground floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20floor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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