Get to know Grassroots better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like basic or common.
Grassroots meaning
Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
Using Grassroots
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
- Useful related words include: basic, common.
- In the example corpus, grassroots often appears in combinations such as: the grassroots, grassroots level, of grassroots.
Context around Grassroots
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grassroots
- In this selection, "grassroots" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, joining, current, campaign, work and support stand out and add context to how "grassroots" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also a grassroots activist and and amount of grassroots action you. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grassroots" sits close to words such as accompanying, aluminum and blockchain, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grassroots
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But did the apparently grassroots campaign which championed her break any rules? (12 words)
But what this grassroots campaign has also done is expose the inadequacy of Scotland’s political class. (17 words)
There's great grassroots support, large numbers of people joining, grassroots donations and all of it feels very exciting. (19 words)
As such, Prof Gyampo believes that the Vice President needs to work more to win the hearts of the grassroots while Mr Kyerematen must work hard to win the party’s leadership over and Mr Agyapong must work to win both sides. (42 words)
But who ever thought of combining the PSC’s flagship programs tasked to go deep into the grassroots could have ignored the very essence of sports development and especially the young and aspiring athlete who should have deserved more. (39 words)
According to him, the strategies were subsumed in his grassroots-driven, proactive, people-oriented and problem-solving policing thrust, which is in line with the policing vision and mission of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. (38 words)
But did the apparently grassroots campaign which championed her break any rules? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Miller said that he was not expecting big business donations and that the party would be relying on small donations from the grassroots, and he believes elections can be won on a shoestring by grassroots work.
There's great grassroots support, large numbers of people joining, grassroots donations and all of it feels very exciting.
According to dozens of people here, that grassroots aid has been crucial in the face of governmental bureaucracy and delays.
According to him, the strategies were subsumed in his grassroots-driven, proactive, people-oriented and problem-solving policing thrust, which is in line with the policing vision and mission of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
Across international and domestic stages and, including grassroots levels India story is resonating and because of this people will show confidence.
After reading that monarch butterfly numbers were rapidly declining in 2021, the Fords thought that “with a small amount of grassroots action you can actually have a big effect,” Laura said.
After winning that, Bushen was then shortlisted for community coach of the year at the Grassroots Football Awards, which was held in Parkgate Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday September 30.
Also securing representation in parliament were the grassroots OĽaNO party (9.2 percent); the Christian Democrats (7 percent); and the liberal Freedom and Solidarity (5.9 percent).
A major reason for this is the recognition of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as a grassroots and sincere leader whose entrepreneurial and administrative antecedents can be easily referenced.
And he offers us an invitation to "hop on board the ground floor of my grassroots effort and help me print an outlier sensation that will be mailed directly to your doorstep.
And so anyway, it’s that grassroots campaign that started from veterans who I do not know that brought this into the VA and Department of Defense attention.
And then this extraordinary thing that began far from parliament as a grassroots movement will return to the people.
As a junior, he teamed up with 1986 alum and current Grassroots Youth Mentoring CEO to form one of the metro area’s top backcourts.
As such, Prof Gyampo believes that the Vice President needs to work more to win the hearts of the grassroots while Mr Kyerematen must work hard to win the party’s leadership over and Mr Agyapong must work to win both sides.
As the debates and fallouts from the election continue, Igwe urged politicians to take the low voter turnout seriously by engaging people at the “grassroots” over the next four years.
Ben Jealous is executive director of the Sierra Club, the oldest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the country.
But did the apparently grassroots campaign which championed her break any rules?
But she was also a grassroots activist, and ended up on this remarkable journey to South Africa, where she forged ties across the Atlantic with like-minded Africans dedicated to Black liberation.
But what this grassroots campaign has also done is expose the inadequacy of Scotland’s political class.
But who ever thought of combining the PSC’s flagship programs tasked to go deep into the grassroots could have ignored the very essence of sports development and especially the young and aspiring athlete who should have deserved more.
Common combinations with grassroots
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the grassroots 53×
- grassroots level 17×
- of grassroots 10×
- as grassroots 9×
- grassroots football 8×
- and grassroots 8×
- grassroots campaign 7×
- grassroots and 6×
- by grassroots 6×
- grassroots support 5×