Meanings
nounground truth (countable and uncountable, plural ground truths)
plural ground truths
- countableuncountableInformation acquired by direct observation rather than by inference.
verbground truth (third-person singular simple present ground truths, present participle ground truthing, simple past and past participle ground truthed)
present singular third person ground truths · participle present ground truthing · participle past ground truthed · past ground truthed
- To gather information by direct observation rather than inference.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 地面實況 /地面实况
- 地面實況 /地面实况 (dìmiàn shíkuàng)information acquired by direct observation
Finnish havainnot
- havainnotinformation acquired by direct observation
French vérité terrain
- vérité terraininformation acquired by direct observation
German Vor-Ort-Messwert, Feldvergleich
- Vor-Ort-Messwertinformation acquired by direct observation
- Feldvergleichinformation acquired by direct observation
Polish informacja zdobyta poprzez bezpośrednią obserwację
- informacja zdobyta poprzez bezpośrednią obserwacjęinformation acquired by direct observation
Russian фундаментальная истина, непреложная истина
- фундаментальная истина (fundamentalʹnaja istina)information acquired by direct observation
- непреложная истина (nepreložnaja istina)information acquired by direct observation
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APA
ground truth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20truth
MLA
“ground truth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20truth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ground truth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20truth.
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