English dictionary
groundwork
nounParts of speech
Definitions
noun
- preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
noun
- lowest support of a structure
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Example sentences
we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago
it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture