groundingground‧ing /ˈɡraʊndɪŋ/ noun

- Accordingly, some theoretical and methodological grounding for this transformation needs to be provided.
- Applicants for postgraduate study should have a thorough grounding in economics, preferably at the Master's level.
- Coursework gives a solid conceptual grounding introducing major themes from economics, sociology, history and business management.
- I had had quite a grounding in this at the City Temple.
- It aims to give writers and art directors a thorough grounding of the advertising business and valuable first-hand experience.
- Perhaps this inference, given its grounding in pupil, not teacher data, is a tendentious one.
- The special status they have is not one which needs grounding or justification.
- Thus Hans Sloane began the thorough grounding on which he was to build his successful career.
► a good/thorough/solid etc grounding
The aim of the course is to give students a thorough grounding in English pronunciation. ADJECTIVE► good· This, he says, gave him a good grounding.· Every child needs a good grounding in science and technology.
► solid· Coursework gives a solid conceptual grounding introducing major themes from economics, sociology, history and business management.
► thorough· Thus Hans Sloane began the thorough grounding on which he was to build his successful career.· It aims to give writers and art directors a thorough grounding of the advertising business and valuable first-hand experience.· Applicants for postgraduate study should have a thorough grounding in economics, preferably at the Master's level.· The first and second years of the course give students a thorough grounding in basic musicianship and develop their practical skills.
VERB► give· Perhaps this inference, given its grounding in pupil, not teacher data, is a tendentious one.· This, he says, gave him a good grounding.· The course is designed to give a grounding in the management side of all aspects of distribution.· Coursework gives a solid conceptual grounding introducing major themes from economics, sociology, history and business management.· The first and second years of the course give students a thorough grounding in basic musicianship and develop their practical skills.
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