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[ US /ˈɡɹaʊndˌwɝk/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈa‍ʊndwɜːk/ ]
NOUN
  1. preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
    we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago
  2. lowest support of a structure
    it was built on a base of solid rock
    he stood at the foot of the tower
  3. 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.
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