ground rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgroundandrule
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ground
noun
uk/ɡraʊnd/us/ɡraʊnd/
the surface of ...
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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofgroundandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofground rule
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Agroundrulewith empty body is a fact.
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Agroundrulewith an empty body is called a fact.
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That is thegroundrule.
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We believe that thegroundruledocument is clear.
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In this section we show how for range-restricted programs a set of relevantgroundruleinstances can be derived efficiently.
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A simple but importantgroundrulefor those making counterfactual claims, therefore, is to be explicit about how such scenarios depart from what actually happened.
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That is thegroundrule, but we are talking about dealing with individuals.
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The thing that makes it possible for it to become agroundruleand to define the quality of policy, does not work.
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The automatic double is quite often mistakenly called agroundruledouble.
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Pea was mistakenly given a home run, but after deliberation the umpires awarded him agroundruledouble.
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But it is a fundamentalgroundrulefor negotiations in a democracy that violence or the threat of violence can play no part in affecting the outcome of the negotiations.
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A two-base hit awarded because the batter hit into a special situation defined in the ground rules is also defined as agroundruledouble.
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This meeting concluded with six agreements that will be thegroundruleif one or both sides broke the agreements on future dates.
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