foundation, blueprint, cornerstone, framework, launching pad, prelude, precursor, timeline, precondition, impetus, catalyst, timetable, springboard, spur, jumpstart, prepping, envisioning, precedent, preparatory, template, cusp, prerequisite, kickstart, emphasis, stepping stone, underpinnings, strategizing, launchpad, linchpin, paving, implications, welcome mat, predicate, plan, preparation, fruition, brink, presage, harbinger, keystone, culmination, foreshadowing, outlines, beachhead, underpinning, rationale, smackdown, path, auspices, hallmark, guidepost, herald, capstone, timeframe, pathway, outgrowth, hopes, afterglow, spearhead, ramifications, spark, centerpiece, justification, spawning, spadework, kibosh, rubric, precipitate, hurdle, sights, mechanisms, anticipation, fodder, agenda, focal point, girding, process, aegis, platform, vanguard, impediments, steppingstone, touchstone, augurs, plotting, boost, portent, timelines, genesis, stead, onus, vitalization, grist, blame, focus, out, pretext, primer, off, predesign, undermining, grounding, foundations, guideposts, clarification, grounds, insight, postulates, prerequisites, raison, scaffolding, preconditions

bed, raft foundation

constitute, cordell hull, establish, found, hull, institute, plant

construction, explanation, structure

assumption, support, supposition

base, basis, foot, fundament, substructure, understructure