Words Like FOUNDATION
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to FOUNDATION.
    
    
    
        
            33 Alternative Words Similar to foundation
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        4 examples of foundation
           
        
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        the Ford Foundation
    
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        he stood at the foot of the tower
    
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        the foundation of a new scientific society
    
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        a good grounding in mathematics
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of foundation
           
        
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        The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
    
    
    
 
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        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; groundwork; basis.
    
    
    
 
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        The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
    
    
    
 
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        A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
    
    
    
 
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        That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
    
    
    
 
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        lowest support of a structure
    
    
    
 
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        an institution supported by an endowment
    
    
    
 
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        the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    
    
    
 
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        the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
    
    
    
 
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        education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge