Hypertext Webster Gateway: "groundwork"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Groundwork \Ground"work`\, n.
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the
basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
--Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
groundwork
n 1: the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the
whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {basis},
{base}, {foundation}, {fundament}, {cornerstone}]
2: 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}, {substructure}, {understructure}]
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