"well-grounded" meaning in English

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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 Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 58 42 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'based on good judgment and solid reasoning': 5 95

Inflected forms

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