"well-grounded" meaning in English

See well-grounded in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: better-grounded [comparative], more well-grounded [comparative], best-grounded [superlative], most well-grounded [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better-grounded|more|sup=best-grounded}} well-grounded (comparative better-grounded or more well-grounded, superlative best-grounded or most well-grounded)
  1. Of a person: having extensive knowledge of a subject. Synonyms: groundly [archaic, rare] Translations (having extensive knowledge of a subject): ерудиран (erudiran) (Bulgarian), perehtynyt (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-well-grounded-en-adj-qMrqMEan Disambiguation of 'having extensive knowledge of a subject': 95 5
  2. Of an argument, etc.: based on good judgment and solid reasoning. Translations (based on good judgment and solid reasoning): հիմնավոր (himnavor) (Armenian), обоснован (obosnovan) (Bulgarian), perusteltu (Finnish), aiheellinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-well-grounded-en-adj-01cU6FBn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'based on good judgment and solid reasoning': 4 96

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for well-grounded meaning in English (2.2kB)

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