groundwork   (TTS Sound)

The noun groundwork has 3 senses

• 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")


• 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")


• groundwork -- (preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago")