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US
/ˈɡɹaʊndˌwɝk/
]
[ UK /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ ]
NOUN
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preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago -
lowest support of a structure
it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower -
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
How To Use groundwork In A Sentence
- It was the first ecumenical meeting on poverty that helped to lay down the groundwork for future church coalitions.
- But an awful lot of preverbal emotional signaling and interactions are going on in the first two years of life, which lay the groundwork and the foundation for language.
- The groundwork for analysing the human microbiome—sequencing the collective genome of all our resident microorganisms—is now done.
- First, the ideas in these two theories provide the groundwork for the preferred habitat and liquidity premium theories. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
- The official picked a site where there was no groundwork needed to the right of the square.
- His speech laid the groundwork for independence.
- Despite speculation that the book was an attempt to lay the groundwork for a future career in politics, she said she is not running for office. Times, Sunday Times
- The membership handily voted it down, but the very fact that the union bureaucracy has introduced the proposal signifies that it is laying the groundwork for an outright surrender…
- Although some questions have yet to be answered, enough groundwork is laid out to postpone any frustration that comes with not knowing. REVIEW: Godkiller: Walk Among Us (Episode #2) directed by Matt Pizzolo
- Here, then, Alberti is speaking to would-be patrons and laying the groundwork for enlightened and responsible artistic commissions.