Related Words for groundwork

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basis
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Noun
base
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Noun, Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun, Noun
substructure
//x
Noun, Noun
cornerstone
/xx
Noun, Noun
foot
/
Noun, Noun
laying
/x
Verb, Noun
framework
/x
Noun
blueprint
/x
Noun
underpinning
/xxx
Noun
ground
/
Noun
paving
/x
Noun
preparation
xx/x
Noun
preparatory
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
precedent
/xx
Noun
impetus
/xx
Noun
underpinnings
/xxx
Noun
basics
/x
Noun
concrete
x/
Noun
infrastructure
xx/x
Noun
bedrock
/x
Noun
onus
/x
Noun
springboard
/x
Noun
cement
x/
Noun
proper
/x
Adjective
preliminaries
x/xxx
Noun
strategy
/xx
Noun
theory
/x
Noun
underlay
/xx
Verb
development
x/xx
Noun
rest
/
Noun
outline
/x
Noun
theorizing
/xxx
Noun
fundamentals
xx/x
Noun
plan
/
Noun
justification
xxx/x
Noun
prepping
/x
Verb
footings
/x
Noun
preconditions
xx/x
Noun
strategizing
/xxx
Noun
beachhead
/x
Noun
laurels
/x
Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
principles
/xx
Noun
infrastructural
xx/xx
Adjective
seedbed
/x
Noun
emphasis
/xx
Noun
structuring
/xx
Noun
outlay
/x
Noun
rationale
xx/
Noun
precedence
/xx
Noun
work
/
Noun
shoring
/x
Noun
preparing
x/x
Verb
platform
/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun
establishment
x/xx
Noun
scaffolding
/xx
Noun
material
x/xx
Noun
foreshadowing
x/xx
Noun
establishing
x/xx
Verb
primer
/x
Noun
beginnings
x/x
Noun
codification
xxx/x
Noun
vindication
xx/x
Noun
prerequisites
x/xx
Noun
fleshing
/x
Noun
evidence
/xx
Noun
postulation
/x/x
Noun
training
/x
Noun
ample
/x
Adjective
effort
/x
Noun
antecedent
x/xx
Noun
solid
/x
Adjective
slab
/
Noun
edifice
/xx
Noun
exposition
xx/x
Noun
precursor
x/x
Noun
positioning
x/xx
Noun
substantiation
xxx/x
Noun
subgrade
/x
Noun
earthwork
/x
Noun
groundbreaking
/xx
Verb
roadbed
/x
Noun
floor
/
Noun
terrain
x/
Noun
ground level
//x
Phrase, Noun
trace
/
Noun
hardcore
//
Noun
earth
/
Noun
basement
/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun
lay of the land
//x/
Phrase, Noun
fieldwork
/x
Noun
ground cover
//x
Phrase, Noun
topography
x/xx
Noun
land
/
Noun
battleground
/xx
Noun
burying ground
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
pavement
/x
Noun
formation
x/x
Noun
root
/
Noun
grade
/
Noun
proving ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
heartland
/x
Noun
burial ground
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
lawn
/
Noun
pasture
/x
Noun
terra firma
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
lifeline
/x
Noun
invert
x/
Noun
clod
/
Noun
layout
/x
Noun
aquifer
/xx
Noun
foothold
/x
Noun
metaphysic
xx/x
Noun
intonation
xx/x
Noun
philological
xx/xx
Adjective
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
theoretical
xx/xx
Adjective
indispensable
xx/xx
Adjective
necessary
/xxx
Adjective
epistemological
/xxx/xx
Adjective
philosophical
xx/xx
Adjective
tale
/
Noun
ideological
xxx/xx
Adjective
psyche
/x
Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective
firm
/
Adjective
thorough
/x
Adjective
careful
/x
Adjective
critique
x/
Noun
deal
/
Noun
investigations
xxx/x
Noun
philosophic
xx/x
Adjective
intellectual
xx/xx
Adjective
metaphysical
xx/xx
Adjective
industrialization
xxxxx/x
Noun
much
/
Adverb
alkalis
/xx
Noun
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
bed
/
Noun, Verb
clarification
xxx/x
Noun
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
database
/xx
Noun, Verb
field
/
Noun, Verb
frames
/
Verb
guideposts
/x
Verb
insight
/x
Noun
keystone
/x
Noun, Verb
legal
/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
path
/
Noun, Verb
pathway
/x
Noun
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
stage
/
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
turf
/
Noun, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
dialect
/xx
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb