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  Groundwork \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 subsequent advances in
     molecular genetics. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

  Groundwork \Ground"work`\, n.
     That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the
     basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.
     --Dryden.

  groundwork
       n 1: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or
            developed or calculated or explained; "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]
       3: preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are
          prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten
          years ago"

  groundwork
     Αγγλικά n.
     τα θεμέλιο, η βάση ενός εποικοδομήματος

  ground-work
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en groundwork)

  groundwork
     n.
     The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow
  for the rest.

  ground-work
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en groundwork)

  groundwork
     n.
     The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow
  for the rest.

  ground-work
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en groundwork)

  groundwork
     n.
     The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow
  for the rest.

  ground-work
     n.
     (alternative spelling of en groundwork)

  groundwork
     n.
     The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow
  for the rest.

  Groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  الأساس

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ 
  база, основа, основен принцип
  foundation

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  podklady

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  Bodenarbeit 
           Note: Pferdedressur
     Synonym: work in-hand
  
           Note: with one rein

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  Erdbau , Erdarbeiten , Grabarbeiten  [constr.]
     Synonym: earthwork
  
   see: trench work
  

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  Grundlegung , Gründung  [constr.]
     Synonyms: ground work, foundation
  

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  Vorarbeit , Grundlagenarbeit 
        "do the groundwork for sth."  - die Vorarbeit für etw. leisten

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  
  προκαταρακτική εργασία, θεμέλιο

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ 
  perusta, perustus
  foundation

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  osnova, podloga, temelj, temelje

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  1. alapozás
  2. alap

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ 
  dasar, fondasi
  foundation

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ 
  基礎
  foundation

  groundwork /ˈgraʊndwɜ:k/ 
    podstawa, przygotowanie

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/ 
  grundstomme
  foundation

  groundwork /ɡɹˈaʊndwɜːk/
  1. temel, esas .

  
/ˈɡɹaʊndˌwɝk/

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "groundwork":
     arrangement, base, basement, basic training, basis, bearing wall,
     bed, bedding, bedrock, bottom, briefing, clearing the decks,
     cornerstone, equipment, familiarization, fixing, floor, flooring,
     fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, ground, grounds,
     hardpan, infrastructure, makeready, making ready, manufacture,
     mobilization, pavement, planning, prearrangement, preliminaries,
     preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation,
     preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreatment,
     principle, processing, propaedeutic, provision, radical, readying,
     riprap, rock bottom, root, rudiment, seat, sill, solid ground,
     solid rock, spadework, stereobate, stylobate, substratum,
     substruction, substructure, terra firma, training, treatment,
     trial, tryout, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding,
     underpinning, underpinnings, understruction, understructure,
     warm-up
  
  

  n. 地基,基础,根据;

     n. 基础,基本工作,基本原理