foundation

Meaning

1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
2. 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.
3. The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
7. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
8. Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
9. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

Concepts

foundation

base

basis

establishment

ground

groundwork

bottom

institution

origin

substructure

fundament

fund

root

source

footing

founding

support

basement

principle

bedrock

institute

foot

infrastructure

cornerstone

understructure

endowment

setting up

cause

basic structure

creation

foundation garment

grounding

reason

bed

leg

burden

lining

grounds

settlement

initiation

innovation

instauration

introduction

origination

establishing

stand

rest

argument

excuse

justification

plea

pretext

pedestal

sole

organization

chassis

fundamentals

inauguration

corporation

signs

aptitude

elementary knowledge of

first coat of plastering

grounding in

inclination

prearrangement

soy

spadework

symptoms

standard

incorporation

backing

collateral

endorsement

guarantee

proof

security

something lined

substantiation

authority

leading figure

padding

primary

charitable institution

charity

academy

asphalt

ballast

gravel

roadbed

principality

bedding

instituting

constituting

rock

making

protection

basis,

underpinning

keystone

ground base

subgrade

comb foundation

abutment

base seat

case of fit

chair

holder

pillow

seat

socket

tray

building foundation

cement

building

construction

first part

pillar

prop

pad

corset

roll-on

stays

baseline

jumping-off place

jumping-off point

premise

premiss

meat and potatoes

grass roots

formation

startup

floor

fundus

rock bottom

tread

underbelly

carry on shoulder

bottom layer

association

company

society

link

setting

precept

core

main part

pivot

backbone

basics

rudiments

socle

utilisation

utilization

induction

installation

trunk

stem

beginnings

birth

provenance

roots

substrate

reasonableness

sufficiency

validity

shim

below

end

low

rough draft

underneath

basic

syndicate

establish

found

set up

antecedent

this

foundation-wall

background

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faʊnˈdeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundātiō (“founding, foundation”).

Sentences

Harris started the Janeway Children's Foundation in Newfoundland and Labrador .