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Foundation (noun)
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
“establishment”
“abolition|dissolution|ruination”
“The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.”
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Foundation (noun)
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.
“groundwork|basis”
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Foundation (noun)
The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
“groundwork|platform|stage”
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Foundation (noun)
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.
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Foundation (noun)
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.
“base|groundwall”
“The foundations of this construction have been laid out.”
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Foundation (noun)
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
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Foundation (noun)
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
“The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.”
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Foundation (noun)
Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
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Foundation (noun)
A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
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Basis (noun)
A physical base or foundation.
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Basis (noun)
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
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Basis (noun)
An underlying condition or circumstance.
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Basis (noun)
A regular frequency.
“You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.”
“The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.”
“Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.”
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Basis (noun)
In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
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Basis (noun)
Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
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Basis (noun)
A collection of subsets (“basis elements”) of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
“The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.”
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Foundation (noun)
the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level
“foundations were being dug for a block of flats”
“build the arch resting on top of this solid foundation”
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Foundation (noun)
a coloured cream, powder, or liquid used as a base to even out facial skin tone before applying other cosmetics
“apply moisturizer a few minutes before using foundation”
“a foundation brush”
“heavy foundations and concealers can contribute to dull skin and clogged pores”
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Foundation (noun)
an underlying basis or principle
“physics, the foundation of all the sciences”
“without stability, the country will not be able hold the elections that will lay the foundation for a peaceful and democratic future”
“this idea is the foundation of all modern economics”
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Foundation (noun)
justification or reason
“misleading accusations with no foundation”
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Foundation (noun)
the action of establishing an institution or organization
“the foundation of a civil service college”
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Foundation (noun)
an institution established with an endowment, for example a research body or charity
“charitable foundations”