Definitions of groundwork [ˈgraʊndˌwɜrk]

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Definition of 'groundwork'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) groundwork
foundation or basis:
to lay the groundwork for an international conference.

Etymology: (1540–50)

Definition of 'groundwork'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

2. (noun) foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
lowest support of a structure
"it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

3. (noun) groundwork
preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
"we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"

Definition of 'groundwork'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) groundwork
that which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle

Translation of 'groundwork'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: work done in preparation for beginning a project etc.
Afrikaans: voorbereidings, grondwerk	Arabic: الأعمال التَّحضيريَه	Bulgarian: основа
Brazilian: alicerce	Czech: podklady	German: das Fundament
Danish: grundlag; fundament	Greek: προκαταρκτική εργασία	Spanish: trabajo preparatorio/prel
Estonian: eeltöö	Farsi: اقدامات اولیه	Finnish: pohjatyö
French: travail préparatoire	Hebrew: עבודת יסוד	Hindi: बुनियादी काम
Croatian: priprema za posao	Hungarian: alap(ozás)	Indonesian: persiapan
Icelandic: undirbúningsvinna	Italian: basi, fondamenti	Japanese: 基礎
Korean: 기초	Lithuanian: parengiamieji darbai	Latvian: sagatavošanas darbs
Malay: persediaan asas	Dutch: grondslag	Norwegian: grunnarbeid, fundament
Polish: prace wstępne	Persian: اقدامات اولیه	Pashto: بنسټ، سټه، ډبره
Portuguese: alicerce	Romanian: fundaţie; bază	Russian: подготовительная работа
Slovak: prípravné práce	Slovenian: pripravljalno delo	Serbian: podloga
Swedish: grundläggande (förberedan	Thai: การเตรียมงาน	Turkish: hazırlık (çalışması)
Taiwanese: 基礎工作	Ukrainian: фундамент, основа	Urdu: کسی کام کی استعداد
Vietnamese: công việc chuẩn bị cơ bản	Chinese: 基础
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