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# grassroots

noun (the grassroots); adjective (grassroots, grass-roots)

«grassroots» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The grassroots are the ordinary people in a group, club or movement, not the leaders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#m1)
2. Grassroots describes something that starts with ordinary people locally, not with people in power, as in grassroots football or a grassroots campaign. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#m2)

### In the lessons

In politics and citizenship lessons, grassroots campaigns are begun by ordinary people, such as a petition to save a park. In sport, grassroots football and rugby mean local clubs where children play. In news, leaders are told to listen to the grassroots.

### Examples

- Grassroots football clubs need volunteers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#x1)
- The campaign to save the library was a grassroots effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#x2)
- Many famous players started at grassroots level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#x3)
- The party leader listened to the grassroots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#x4)
- Our recycling scheme began as a grassroots idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#x5)
- Grassroots sport keeps children active. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/#x6)

### Note

Often written as one word, sometimes grass-roots or grass roots. The literal grass roots (roots of grass) is a different, ordinary meaning. Used as an adjective before a noun: grassroots project.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grassroots» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grassroots/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grassroots» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grassroots.html) on Mova free.