/faʊnˈdeɪʃən/► audioScrabble 14Words With Friends 17
Definition
noun the basis on which something is grounded.
noun an institution supported by an endowment.
noun lowest support of a structure.
— synonyms: base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
noun education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge.
— synonyms: grounding
noun the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained.
— synonyms: basis, base, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
noun a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body.
— synonyms: foundation_garment
noun the act of starting something for the first time.
— synonyms: initiation, founding, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
Examples
“The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.”
“The foundations of this construction have been laid out.”
“The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.”