Definitions for groundwork

Definitions for (noun) groundwork

Main entry: groundwork

Definition: preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation

Usage: we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago


Main entry: foot, foundation, fundament, base, understructure, substructure, groundwork

Definition: lowest support of a structure

Usage: it was built on a base of solid rock; he stood at the foot of the tower


Main entry: foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone, base, basis

Definition: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Usage: the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture


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