GROUNDWORK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
   Usage Example(s)
   • we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago
   Hypernyms(s) groundwork is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • preparation (what does preparation mean?)
   • readying (what does readying mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lowest support of a structure
   Synonym(s)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • foot (what does foot mean?)
   • foundation (what does foundation mean?)
   • fundament (what does fundament mean?)
   • substructure (what does substructure mean?)
   • understructure (what does understructure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it was built on a base of solid rock
   • he stood at the foot of the tower
   Hypernyms(s) groundwork is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • support (what does support mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bed (what does bed mean?)
   • raft foundation (what does raft foundation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
   Synonym(s)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • basis (what does basis mean?)
   • cornerstone (what does cornerstone mean?)
   • foundation (what does foundation mean?)
   • fundament (what does fundament mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
   Hypernyms(s) groundwork is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • assumption (what does assumption mean?)
   • supposition (what does supposition mean?)
   • supposal (what does supposal mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • meat and potatoes (what does meat and potatoes mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)