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