GROUNDWORK

• (noun) preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation

  "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"

• (noun) lowest support of a structure

  "it was built on a base of solid rock", "he stood at the foot of the tower"

  synonyms : base , foot , foundation , fundament , substructure , understructure

• (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

  "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

  synonyms : base , basis , cornerstone , foundation , fundament

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