Definition of grounding
: training or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
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Examples of grounding in a Sentence
The job requires a thorough grounding in the history of the region.
classes that give students a good moral grounding
Recent Examples of grounding from the Web
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The B-1Bs were returned to service within hours of the grounding announcement.
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Interestingly, however, Gemini season is actually a very grounding time for you, Taurus babe.
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There’s no grounding to any of its social commentary, just a lot of jumbled slogans, as thoughtlessly distracting as Bradbury warned television might be.
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Typhoon Talim made landfall on the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Sunday morning, dumping torrential rain and grounding hundreds of flights.
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Her dry wit is an essential grounding element in a film that could otherwise be far too flighty to take seriously.
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Her dry wit is an essential grounding element in a film that could otherwise be far too flighty to take seriously.
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Jett Bandy singled to lead off the Brewers' ninth, but Lorenzo Cain followed by grounding into a double play and Yelich struck out to end it.
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The mourners and the eulogists were remembering and celebrating not just a woman, but a feeling – a sense of order, grounding and civility that seems missing today.
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First Known Use of grounding
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GROUNDING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of grounding for English Language Learners
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: training or instruction that gives someone basic knowledge of a particular subject
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