GROUND FLOOR Definition & Meaning

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ground floor

noun

the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
Informal. an advantageous position or opportunity in a business matter, especially in a new enterprise:
She took the job in the new company because she wanted to get in on the ground floor.

ground floor

noun

the floor of a building level or almost level with the ground
get in on the ground floor or start from the ground floor informal.
1. to enter a business, organization, etc, at the lowest level
2. to be in a project, undertaking, etc, from its inception

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Origin of ground floor¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

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The whole ground floor had collapsed, leaving the three upper floors still standing on top of it.

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She said Dr Brooks stabbed him in the abdomen and, having already spread the liquid around the ground floor of the house, he "made his escape".

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He said the restaurant was on the ground floor, and believes that it is the only room - or at least one of the few rooms - that didn't collapse.

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The LFB said half of the ground floor of the building is alight.

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Most incongruously of all, outside a makeshift plastic doorway on a corner of the ground floor, next to piles of rubble and rubbish, stands a headless mannequin, wearing a wedding gown.

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