groundwork
noun/ˈɡraʊndwɜːk/
/ˈɡraʊndwɜːrk/
[uncountable]- groundwork (for something) work that is done as preparation for other work that will be done later
- Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders.
- The first year provides the basic groundwork for the pupils’ study of maths.
- We are already doing the groundwork for the introduction of the plan next year.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- legal
- theoretical
- …
- do
- lay
- prepare
- …
- groundwork for
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