Though Shepard spent only 5 minutes in actual space aboard Freedom 7, he laid the groundwork for the United States to become the great innovator in space exploration we know today.
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Groundwork
Synonyms for "groundwork" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 23 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- нигеҙ noun (foundation)
Bulgarian
3 entries- база noun (foundation)
- основа noun (foundation)
- основен принцип noun (foundation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 基礎 /基础 noun (foundation)
- 基礎性工作 /基础性工作 noun (foundation)
Dutch
1 entries- grondslag noun (foundation)
Finnish
2 entries- perusta noun (foundation)
- perustus noun (foundation)
French
2 entries- fondation noun (foundation)
- fondement noun (foundation)
Galician
3 entries- alicerce noun (foundation)
- cimento noun (foundation)
- fundamento noun (foundation)
Georgian
2 entries- საძირკველი noun (foundation)
- ფუნდამენტი noun (foundation)
German
1 entries- Grundlage noun (foundation)
Hindi
2 entries- आधार noun (foundation)
- नींव noun (foundation)
Indonesian
2 entries- dasar noun (foundation)
- fondasi noun (foundation)
Italian
1 entries- fondamenti noun (foundation)
Japanese
1 entries- 基礎 noun (foundation)
Korean
1 entries- 터 noun (foundation)
Latin
1 entries- principium noun (foundation)
Manx
1 entries- obbyr undinagh noun (foundation)
Māori
2 entries- kaupapa noun (foundation)
- mahinga tumu noun (foundation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- grunnarbeid noun (foundation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- grunnarbeid noun (foundation)
Portuguese
1 entries- fundamento noun (foundation)
Russian
2 entries- осно́ва noun (foundation)
- фунда́мент noun (foundation)
Spanish
3 entries- anteproyecto noun (foundation)
- cimiento noun (foundation)
- fundamento noun (foundation)
Swedish
1 entries- grundstomme noun (foundation)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
In response to this shortage of skilled artisans, a group of local movers and shakers laid the groundwork that led to the founding of the American College of the Building Arts.
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I've been meaning to read Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals.
Source: tatoeba (10104644)
We're laying the groundwork of a better future for ourselves and our progeny.
Source: tatoeba (10104648)
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