foundation
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3.5
- noun
- /faʊnˈdeɪʃən/
:
base
- You have built a sturdy foundation in this relationship.
- provide a foundation
- lay the foundation
- build a foundation
So it's just like that that foundation isn't strong enough.
- So it's just like that that foundation isn't strong enough.
- You have built a sturdy foundation in this relationship.
- This gives me a strong foundation to skyrocket my growth.
- The most important foundation, which is connection, OK?
- Building a true foundation is how you build success.
- The bottom most the basic foundation is a proper nutrition.
- So we started with the foundation of have and have nots.
- But you know, it's about creating the foundation of you first before anything.
Examples
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Such positive support from educators may set the foundation to support positive adjustment in school.
Academic text (2015) -
The 30 issues identified became the foundation of the questionnaire used in the study.
Academic text (2012) -
But that decision had no foundation, no legal foundation.
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I believe that pain is the foundation for a lot of things.
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We want to build on that foundation and to do better.
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news honestly acquired and honestly shared is the foundation of this business
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This gives me a strong foundation to skyrocket my growth.
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You see, Prestige was built on a foundation of honor and character.
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Educators currently lack a strong, research-based foundation upon which to guide their intervention decisions.
Academic text (2015) -
The success of any project relies on a strong set of foundations to guide its development.
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
378
2.8
The main part or ingredient from which something is made
266
3.2
Reasons that justify a decision or action
97
3.5
A basic idea that people build other things on
54
3.8
Work done first to make something possible
46
5.3
A very important idea or part that something depends on
37
4.2
An important idea or thing that other things depend on
30
7.5
A basic statement accepted as true and used as a starting point for reasoning
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
8
1.0
Important facts or skills you learn first in a subject
7
5.8
Basic ideas and facts that form the foundation of a subject
4
3.3
A simple idea or belief that people accept without proof and that supports an argument
1
9.4
A basic idea that something is built on
Basic ideas you learn first when studying a subject
Basic ideas and rules of a subject
A basic idea or belief that other things depend on
Antonyms
Compounds
An independent United States agency that gives money to support research and education in science and engineering
- Specialized
4
4.8
A charity that gets most of its money from one person or company
1
6.9
A piece of clothing women wear under dresses to shape or support their body
1
4.5
A stone placed at a building's start during a ceremony, often with the date and founder's name
- Specialized
A large concrete slab under a building that spreads its weight to stop sinking on soft ground
How Fundamental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Foundation originally means a 'base' or 'bottom', which is why we use it for the basic principles or ideas that support something. So, the foundation of an argument or theory are the main facts and ideas it rests on.