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grass roots

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity.
    uncountable
  2. The essential foundation or source of something.
    uncountable

Equivalents

DeutschBasis
Portuguêspovo comum
Italianosocietà civile
5 more languages
हिन्दीतृणमूल
Bahasa Indonesiaakar rumput
日本語草の根
Русскийрядовой
ไทยรากหญ้า

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

grass script grass seed grass shrimp grass sickness grass skirt grass snake

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