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English and French Translation Search Results for groundwork

Summary

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groundwork:
- travaux de terrassement; fouille
Wiktionary:
- groundwork → fondement, fondation
- groundwork → base, fondement

English

Detailed Translations for groundwork from English to French

groundwork:

groundwork [the ~] noun

the groundwork (digging; excavations; earthwork)
le travaux de terrassement
- travaux de terrassement [le ~] noun
the groundwork (earthwork)
la fouille; le travaux de terrassement
- fouille [la ~] noun
- travaux de terrassement [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for groundwork:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
fouille	earthwork; groundwork	burrowing; digging up; dragging; drudgery; excavation; exhumation; frisk; frisking; grubbing; lugging; patrol; rooting; search; searching; searching for; visitation
travaux de terrassement	digging; earthwork; excavations; groundwork
-	base; basis; cornerstone; foot; foundation; fundament; substructure; understructure

Synonyms for "groundwork":

basis; base; foundation; fundament; cornerstone; assumption; supposition; supposal
foot; substructure; understructure; support
preparation; readying

Related Definitions for "groundwork":

preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation¹
- we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago¹
lowest support of a structure¹
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained¹

Wiktionary Translations for groundwork:

groundwork

noun

foundation
- groundwork → fondement; fondation

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• groundwork	→ base; fondement	↔ Grundlage — etwas (bereits Vorhandenes), auf das man etwas aufbauen oder von dem aus man etwas weiterentwickeln kann. Wesentlicher Bestandteil (einer Idee, Theorie, Lehre)

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