cornerstone
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn/
- Honesty is often considered the cornerstone of strong friendships.
- become the cornerstone
- Collaboration is the cornerstone
- one of the cornerstones
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- 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.
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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
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3.0
The main support, reason, or way that something happens
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3.2
The most important central part of something
580
3.8
A basic idea or law that explains how something works
572
2.8
The main part or ingredient from which something is made
292
3.5
The basic ideas and facts that support a belief, plan, or system
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3.5
A basic idea that people build other things on
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4.4
A main idea or practice that supports something important, like society
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4.2
An important idea or thing that other things depend on
39
3.0
A basic part that forms the base of something larger
31
3.4
The main part that supports a system or group
31
2.7
An important rule or idea that forms the base for other knowledge
21
4.2
The basic principles that support a system, idea, or group
17
4.8
A main thing that supports and keeps something strong
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4.1
A basic rule that other ideas come from
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5.0
A basic support or principle that something depends on
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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.