groundwork

  • 1Groundwork UK — is an environmental organisation in the United Kingdom.HistoryIn 1980, the Countryside Commission launched an initiative known as UFEX80. This was re branded as Operation Groundwork in 1981, and the first Groundwork Trust came into being at St.… …

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  • 2groundwork — UK US /ˈgraʊndwɜːk/ noun [U] ● lay the groundwork (for sth) Cf. lay the groundwork for sth …

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  • 3Groundwork — 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 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4groundwork — index basis, cornerstone, foundation (basis), frame (structure), preparation, prerequisite Bur …

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  • 5groundwork — mid 15c., from GROUND (Cf. ground) (n.) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.). Cf. M.Du. grontwerck, Du. grondwerk, Ger. grundwerk. Originally the solid base on which a structure is built; figurative sense is from 1550s …

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  • 6groundwork — foundation, basis, ground, *base Antonyms: superstructure …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7groundwork — [n] basis, fundamentals ABCs*, background, base, bedrock*, cornerstone*, footing, foundation, ground, infrastructure, origin, preliminaries, preparation, root, substratum, underpinning, understructure; concepts 274,442,660,661 …

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  • 8groundwork — ► NOUN ▪ preliminary or basic work …

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  • 9groundwork — [ground′wʉrk΄] n. a foundation; basis SYN. BASE1 …

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  • 10groundwork — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ basic ▪ legal, theoretical, etc. VERB + GROUNDWORK ▪ do, lay, prepare …

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