foundation in English

noun

1

the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.

As Fry cut the vinyl siding, the parkland around him was bustling with construction teams pouring concrete and building solid new foundations .

synonyms: footing, foot, base, substructure, infrastructure, underpinning, bottom, bedrock, substratum

2

an underlying basis or principle for something.

this idea is the foundation of all modern economics

synonyms: basis, starting point, base, point of departure, beginning, premise, principles, fundamentals, rudiments, cornerstone, core, heart, thrust, essence, kernel

3

the action of establishing an institution or organization on a permanent basis, especially with an endowment.

Larry was given a special Comhaltas award last year for his extraordinary service to the organisation since its foundation in 1951.

noun

footing, foot, base, substructure, infrastructure, underpinning, bottom, bedrock, substratum
basis, starting point, base, point of departure, beginning, premise, principles, fundamentals, rudiments, cornerstone, core, heart, thrust, essence, kernel
justification, grounds, defense, reason, rationale, cause, basis, motive, excuse, call, pretext, provocation
endowed institution, charitable body, funding agency, source of funds, endowment, dot-org
fundament, understructure, substructure, groundwork, foot, base
initiation, introduction, origination, institution, founding, innovation, instauration, creation
basis, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone, base
foundation garment
grounding

Use "foundation" in a sentence

1. Method for anchoring a foundation structure, and foundation structure

2. Faulty Foundation

3. Source: Arthritis Foundation

4. Consumption – foundation of economics

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6. Foundation Methodist Agogic Centre

7. It mainly introduces theoretical foundation of euthanasia decimalization that included ethical and penal foundation.

8. Education Above All foundation

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10. Welcome to the TAnzanite Foundation

11. THE Ascap FOUNDATION COMMISSIONING PROGRAM

12. Argumenta The Finnish Cultural Foundation

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14. The Milwaukee Choristers Foundation, Inc

15. Installation of concrete foundation piles

16. The rumor has no foundation.

17. American Bondholders Foundation, Lewisburg, TN

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19. Boxwood in a foundation planting

20. Engineer's foundation report, 42.5 degrees.

21. Birchbark Foundation, Santa Cruz, California

22. Typically, Backfilling in the foundation is the process of putting back the soil in the foundation trench.

23. The Coin-OR project is managed by the Coin-OR Foundation, Inc., a non-profit educational foundation

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25. Foundation plates can be used to improve Foundation plates can be used to improve an Areaway's appearance

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28. The second foundation is fairness/reciprocity.

29. The second foundation is fairness/ reciprocity.

30. A first flat foundation (1) is positioned on the leveled bed (6) of a first foundation pit (4).

31. Birdlet Foundation is volunteer driven organization

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34. Logic is the foundation... of function.

35. Foundation structure and structure manufacturing method

36. About the East Meets West Foundation

37. 17 These stories have no foundation .

38. The rumour is totally without foundation .

39. Mr Gladstone laid the foundation stone.

40. Creating the Foundation with Abdominal Bracing

41. Baldpates Foundation & Construction, Jersey, Georgia

42. Centering is the foundation of throwin

43. Foundation anchor for industrial-scale machines

44. Atoms are the foundation of chemistry

45. The entire foundation of our republic.

46. Scour preventive apparatus for pier foundation

47. 8 The rumor has no foundation.

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49. Berte holds designation as a Ford Foundation Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, and Omicron Delta Kappa National Scholarship winner

50. The steel supports or stringers are placed within the Areaway foundation and bolted to the foundation walls and floor