ground floor

noun

plural ground floors

1

: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1

2

: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants

—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor

Examples of ground floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The exhibition, running until Feb. 16, puts the brand’s archival gems between the mid-1940s to the late 1960s on full display at the store’s ground floor space. —Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 16 Jan. 2025

The most modern addition, however, is the lower ground floor, which has been transformed into a wellness center complete with a gymnasium, an underground swimming pool, and a steam room. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2025

But before that, in a ground floor space that used to be an industrial kitchen, is Barney’s Water Cast 10 (2015), a large sculpture made by pouring molten bronze into a slurry of water and bentonite clay. —Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 13 Dec. 2024

The Rococo apartment, like one other mostly segregated gallery on the museum’s ground floor, focuses on work by Black artists. —Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 26 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1