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grounded
[groun-did]
adjective
mentally or emotionally balanced; having a peaceful, practical, or realistic outlook.
His more grounded, common-sense view of the situation was a helpful counter to my flights of fancy.
I love being around them, because they're really grounded.
Aeronautics.(of an aircraft) being brought or restricted to the ground because of bad weather, the unsatisfactory condition of the aircraft, etc.
Grounded flights have cost airlines in excess of $2 billion this year alone.
Electricity.having a conducting connection between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth or some other conducting body.
This equipment must be plugged into a grounded outlet.
grounded
/ ˈɡʊԻɪ /
adjective
sensible and down-to-earth; having one's feet on the ground
Other 51Թ Forms
- groundedly adverb
- groundedness noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of grounded1
Example Sentences
The Israeli airspace is closed until further notice and all flights have been grounded, with no sign of an imminent pause in hostilities.
“Despite the assumptions that often color how his journey is portrayed, the reality is that Elijah remains grounded, focused and deeply committed to living with integrity and purpose.”
A software fault was found to have caused those incidents and the model was grounded worldwide for 18 months.
The two started making scents that were “grounded in specific memories and emotions that we wanted to relive for ourselves and share with other people,” Lin says.
"The R360 thing is a distraction, sure, but it's not grounded in the same amount of work and detail that we've been doing," he said.
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