foundation
Definitions
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- Inferior part of a construction that endures and stabilises to the rest of the structure.
- a person who founds a school, college, organization etc. We commemorate the founder of the school. stigter مؤَسِّس основател fundador zakladatel der Gründer grundlægger; stifter ιδρυτήςfundador asutaja بنیان گذار perustaja fondateur/-trice מייסד संस्थापक utemeljitelj, osnivač alapító pendiri stofnandi fondatore, fondatrice 設立者 설립자 įkūrėjas dibinātājs; pamatlicējs pengasas stichtergrunnlegger, stifterfundacja موسس fundador fondator основатель zakladateľ, -ka ustanovitelj osnivač grundare ผู้ก่...
- Supposed or principles that serve like base, or motivation to ideas or opinions.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The founding of the organization took place a long time ago. stigting تأسيس базиране fundação založení die Gründung grundlægning θεμελίωση, ίδρυσηfundación rajamine پی ریزی perustaminen fondationייסוד स्थापक utemeljenje alapozás; alapítás pembentukan stofnun fondazione 設立すること 창립 ákûrimas dibināšana pembentukan stichtinggrunnlegging, opprettingzałożyciel بناكيښودل.پيلول fundação înfiinţare основание založenie ustanovitev osnivanje grundande การก่อตั้ง kurma 建立，成立 засновування بنیاد ڈالنے والا ...
- Mystic, dedication, discipline.
- The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- The act of founding, especially the establishment of an institution with provisions for future maintenance.
- In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- Architecture A wall or other structure, as of concrete or masonry, usually extending below ground level and forming the base upon which a building rests.
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- Something that gives rise to or supports something else. See Synonyms at base1.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- Funds for the perpetual support of an institution; an endowment.
- Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- A cosmetic used as a base for facial makeup.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
- A supporting undergarment, such as a corset or girdle, designed to give the body a more desirable shape. Also called foundation garment.
- that on which something is founded; basis
- (Building) (often plural) a construction below the ground that distributes the load of a building, wall, etc
Equivalents
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Gaeilgebunsraith
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Кыргызчанегиз
Latviešupamats
मराठीपाया
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සිංහලඅත්තිවාරම
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Kiswahilimsingi
Tagalogkinababatayan
Examples
“The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.”
“Aye Madam to be sure that is the Provoking circumstance—without Foundation—yes yes—there's the mortification indeed—for when a slanderous story is believed against one—there certainly is no comfort like⟳ the consciousness of having deserved it——”
“Since the launch⟳ early last⟳ year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open⟳ online courses, the ivory towers of academia have⟳ been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have⟳ been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make⟳ their existing business model⟳ obsolete.”
“The implication is that the Gandhian model⟳ of growth is possible, now that Nehru's investment strategy had already laid a strong foundation for economic growth.”
“The foundations of this construction have⟳ been laid out.”
““Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look⟳ like⟳ the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.”
“The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.”
“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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