About The Word Groundwork

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Groundwork

Groundwork Meaning & Definition
Groundwork Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Groundwork?

[n] lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
[n] the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Groundwork: base | base | basis | cornerstone | foot | foundation | foundation | fundament | fundament | substructure | understructure

Related Terms | Find terms related to Groundwork: arrangement | base | basement | basic training | basis | bearing wall | bed | bedding | bedrock | bottom | briefing | clearing the decks | cornerstone | equipment | familiarization | fixing | floor | flooring | fond | footing | foundation | fundament | fundamental | ground | grounds | hardpan | infrastructure | makeready | making ready | manufacture | mobilization | pavement | planning | prearrangement | preliminaries | preliminary | preliminary act | preliminary step | prep | preparation | preparatory study | preparing | prepping | prerequisite | pretreatment | principle | processing | propaedeutic | provision | radical | readying | riprap | rock bottom | root | rudiment | seat | sill | solid ground | solid rock | spadework | stereobate | stylobate | substratum | substruction | substructure | terra firma | training | treatment | trial | tryout | underbuilding | undercarriage | undergirding | underpinning | underpinnings | understruction | understructure | warm-up

See Also | assumption | bed | construction | explanation | raft foundation | structure | support | supposal | supposition

Groundwork In Webster's Dictionary

\Ground"work`\, n. That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. --Dryden.

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