DICTOMETER

FOUNDATION

(foundation, base, creación, fundación, fundamento, suelo, fundament, grunn-, grunnlag, grunnleggelse, grunnmur, legat, skapelse, stiftelse)

1. Synonyms:
   • Foundation
   Definitions:
   • the basis on which something is grounded
   Examples:
   • There is little foundation for his objections
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Foundation
   Definitions:
   • an institution supported by an endowment
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Foundation
   • Base
   • Fundament
   • Foot
   • Groundwork
   • Substructure
   • Understructure
   Definitions:
   • lowest support of a structure
   Examples:
   • It was built on a base of solid rock
   • He stood at the foot of the tower
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Foundation
   • Grounding
   Definitions:
   • education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
   Examples:
   • He lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study
   • A good grounding in mathematics
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Basis
   • Base
   • Foundation
   • Fundament
   • Groundwork
   • Cornerstone
   Definitions:
   • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
   Examples:
   • The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Foundation garment
   • Foundation
   Definitions:
   • a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Initiation
   • Founding
   • Foundation
   • Institution
   • Origination
   • Creation
   • Innovation
   • Introduction
   • Instauration
   Definitions:
   • the act of starting something for the first time
   • introducing something new
   Examples:
   • She looked forward to her initiation as an adult
   • The foundation of a new scientific society