Definition of Grounding

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Grounding

of Ground

The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis.

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Grounding Quotations

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.
Maureen O'Hara

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.
Rupert Murdoch

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.
Kate Winslet

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.
Georg Solti

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

A theoretical grounding in agronomy must, therefore, include knowledge of biological laws.
Trofim Lysenko

Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.
John Glover

Grounding Translations

grounding in Dutch is aarding, aardleiding
grounding in German is Fundament, grundierend
grounding in Portuguese is aterrar
grounding in Spanish is cimientos

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