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Ground may refer to:

• The surface of the Earth
• Soil, a mixture of clay, sand and organic matter present on the surface of the Earth and serving as substrate for plants growth and micro-organisms development
• Ground, in electrical engineering, something that is connected to the Earth or at the voltage defined as zero (in the U.S., called ground; in the UK, called earth). See:
  • Earthing system
  • Ground (electricity)
  • Ground and neutral
• Ground (often grounds), in law, a rational motive, basis for a belief or conviction, for an action taken, such as a legal action or argument; reason or cause: (sued for divorce on the ground of adultery) (listed alcoholism and adultery as the grounds for divorce) (grounds for dismissal)
• In communication, common ground. People share some common understanding.
• In philosophy, socially grounded arguments are those which take as their starting point social conditions
• Ground bass, in music, a bass part that continually repeats, while the melody and harmony over it change
• Ground tissue, one of the three types of tissue systems in a plant
• In symbolic logic, a "ground term" is a term with no variables
• A Football stadium
• A ground surface, often on metals, created by various grinding operations

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