groundwork

English

Etymology

ground +‎ work

Noun

groundwork (plural groundworks)

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

   The discovery of the laws of electricity laid the groundwork for a century of innovation.

Translations

foundation

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bashkir: нигеҙ (nigeð)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基礎 (cmn), 基础 (cmn) (jīchǔ)

• Dutch: grondslag (nl)
• Finnish: perustus (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Grundlage (de) f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: fondamenti (it) m
• Japanese: 基礎 (ja), きそ (ja) (kiso)
• Korean: 터 (ko) (teo)
• Latin: principium (la) n
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: obbyr undinagh (gv) f
• Spanish: cimiento (es) m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• legwork