cornerstone
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn/
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pilar
- Honesty is often considered the cornerstone of strong friendships.
- become the cornerstone
- Collaboration is the cornerstone
- one of the cornerstones
And so we decided to form an organization that focused on those cornerstone principles that made this into a great country.
- And so we decided to form an organization that focused on those cornerstone principles that made this into a great country.
- So vision is very much a cornerstone of biological intelligence.
- Teaching is a complex art as well as an essential cornerstone of university life.
- Fail forward Failing is the cornerstone of success.
- That effort is the cornerstone of learning.
- Reputation is the cornerstone of power.
- It's like the thing that I was horrified by as a child is something that became a cornerstone of my career path.
- It is a miracle and the cornerstone of our economy, turning short term deposits into long term loans.
- Remember this doesn't replace vaccination, which means the cornerstone of endless disease.
- But isn't, isn't a big cornerstone of, of the bhakti path.
Examples
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As you all have heard me say, hope is the cornerstone of recovery, and it really would be helpful for a young guy like him, to not only get through his court plea, but to think about what's next for him?
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The Code is the cornerstone of a civilized society, the very credo upon which this nation was built.
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For example, it forms the cornerstone for many communication systems.
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The right to life is the cornerstone of our government.
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Reputation is the cornerstone of power.
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This is the cornerstone of civilization.
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Mother says the cornerstone to any successful day is a nutritious breakfast.
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Therefore, identifying ways to improve CHI education quality will be a cornerstone for future CHI education development.
Academic text (2012) -
It was the cornerstone on which they had founded their revolution.
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I operate on the premise that honesty is the cornerstone of any meaningful relationship.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
The main support, reason, or way that something happens
633
3.8
A basic idea or law that explains how something works
468
3.2
The most important central part of something
378
2.8
The main part or ingredient from which something is made
182
3.5
The basic ideas and facts that support a belief, plan, or system
97
3.5
A basic idea that people build other things on
45
4.4
A main idea or practice that supports something important, like society
37
4.2
An important idea or thing that other things depend on
33
4.8
A main thing that supports and keeps something strong
32
3.4
The main part that supports a system or group
23
3.0
A basic part that forms the base of something larger
22
2.7
An important rule or idea that forms the base for other knowledge
18
4.2
The basic principles that support a system, idea, or group
14
4.1
A basic rule that other ideas come from
12
5.0
A basic support or principle that something depends on
1
9.4
A basic idea that something is built on
A basic idea or starting point that explains other things
A basic idea or belief that other things depend on
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Etymology
Cornerstone comes from the image of a corner stone that holds a building's base, so people began to use it for any main idea that supports something. That's why calling honesty a cornerstone means it is an essential 'support' that everything else depends on.