groundingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɡraʊn.dɪŋ/us/ˈɡraʊn.dɪŋ/a knowledge of the basic facts about a particular subject:
This course is designed to give drivers a grounding in car maintenance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Knowledge and awareness
- abroad
- acquaintance
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows idiom
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- awareness
- be ahead of the game idiom
- consciousness
- familiarity
- firsthand
- general knowledge
- given
- have a nodding acquaintance with sb/sth idiom
- have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance with sth idiom
- literacy
- loop
- perception
- perceptual
- reflexivity
- schoolboy
- secret
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