Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ground truth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: ground truth
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Information acquired by direct observation rather than by inference.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To gather information by direct observation rather than inference.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ground truths (plural) ground truths (present, singular) ground truthing (participle, present) ground truthed (participle, past) ground truthed (past)

Phrases

ground truthing eyes on the ground facts on the ground on solid ground on the ground well-grounded field-test well-founded

Frequently Paired Words

eyes on the ground facts on the ground grounded grounding on solid ground on the ground well-grounded field-test

Questions

What does ground truth mean?: Information acquired by direct observation rather than by inference.

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