grass roots

grass roots

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the.

2. The groundwork or source of something.

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grass-roots (grsrts, -rts) adj.

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grass roots

pl n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a.  the ordinary people as distinct from the active leadership of a party or organization: used esp of the rank-and-file members of a political party, or of the voters themselves

b.  (as modifier) the newly elected MP expressed a wish for greater contact with people at grass-roots level

2. the origin or essentials

[sense 1 originally US, with reference to rural areas in contrast to the towns]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grass roots - the essential foundation or source; "the problem was attacked at the grass roots" foundation - the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"
	2.	grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one common people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

Translations

grass roots npl (fig) → base f

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grass roots npl (fig) → base f