'Groundwork' definitions:
Definition of 'groundwork'
(from WordNet)
noun
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone]
noun
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure]
noun
Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"
Definition of 'Groundwork'
From: GCIDE
- Groundwork \Ground"work`\ (ground"w[^u]rk`), n. That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle; as, development of a convenient DNA sequencing technique layed the groundwork for many of the subsequent advances in molecular genetics. --Dryden. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'groundwork'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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