Definition of foundations

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Definition of foundations

  • education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge (noun)

    Examples

    1. he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study

    Synonyms

    1. grounding
  • lowest support of a structure (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. base
    2. foot
    3. fundament
    4. groundwork
    5. substructure
    6. understructure
  • a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. foundation garment
  • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. base
    2. basis
    3. cornerstone
    4. fundament
    5. groundwork
  • the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new (noun)

    Examples

    1. the foundation of a new scientific society

    Synonyms

    1. creation
    2. founding
    3. initiation
    4. innovation
    5. instauration
    6. institution
    7. introduction
    8. origination
  • an institution supported by an endowment (noun)
  • the basis on which something is grounded (noun)

    Examples

    1. there is little foundation for his objections

See definition of foundations in Merriam Webster