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
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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.
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Jeffrey Hirsch, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Thanks to its ground floor position, there's ample headroom to stand upright, which is always a nice perk in a tiny house, while there's also some storage available.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Woolf had her own bedroom on the lower ground floor, with a separate entrance and large bright windows.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Like it or not, this is a ground floor — but not for long.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Hirsch, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Thanks to its ground floor position, there's ample headroom to stand upright, which is always a nice perk in a tiny house, while there's also some storage available.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Woolf had her own bedroom on the lower ground floor, with a separate entrance and large bright windows.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Like it or not, this is a ground floor — but not for long.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 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 20 Oct. 2025.
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