foundation

• "there is little foundation for his objections"

• "it was built on a base of solid rock"
• "he stood at the foot of the tower"

Synonyms

• baseuse as a basis for; situate as a center of operations; use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes ; serving as or forming a base; of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; not adhering to ethical or moral principles; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; illegitimate ; debased; installation from which a military force initiates operations; lowest support of a structure; a place that the runner must touch before scoring; the bottom or lowest part; (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; a lower limit; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a support or foundation; a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; the most important or necessary part of something; (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end ; a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the principal ingredient of a mixture; a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• fundamentthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; lowest support of a structure
• footpay for something; walk; add a column of numbers ; the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; the lower part of anything; the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings ; lowest support of a structure; any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates ; travel by walking; a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger ; an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm ; a support resembling a pedal extremity
• groundworkthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; lowest support of a structure; preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
• substructurethe basic structure or features of a system or organization ; lowest support of a structure
• understructurelowest support of a structure

• "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"
• "a good grounding in mathematics"

Synonyms

• groundingeducation or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; fastening electrical equipment to earth

• "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

Synonyms

• basisa relation that provides the foundation for something; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; the most important or necessary part of something
• baseuse as a basis for; situate as a center of operations; use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes ; serving as or forming a base; of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; not adhering to ethical or moral principles; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; illegitimate ; debased; installation from which a military force initiates operations; lowest support of a structure; a place that the runner must touch before scoring; the bottom or lowest part; (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; a lower limit; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a support or foundation; a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; the most important or necessary part of something; (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end ; a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the principal ingredient of a mixture; a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• fundamentthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; lowest support of a structure
• groundworkthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; lowest support of a structure; preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
• cornerstonethe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

Synonyms

• foundation garmenta woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

• "introducing something new"
• "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
• "the foundation of a new scientific society"

Synonyms

• initiationa formal entry into an organization or position or office; the act of starting something for the first time; wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; an act that sets in motion some course of events
• foundingthe act of starting something for the first time
• institutionan organization founded and united for a specific purpose ; an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated ; a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; the act of starting something for the first time; a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
• originationan event that is a beginning; the act of starting something for the first time
• creationthe human act of creating ; an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone ; the event that occurred at the beginning of something; the act of starting something for the first time; (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence ; everything that exists anywhere
• innovationa creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation ; the creation of something in the mind ; the act of starting something for the first time
• introductionthe act of beginning something new; the first section of a communication ; formally making a person known to another or to the public ; a basic or elementary instructional text ; a new proposal; the act of putting one thing into another ; the act of starting something for the first time
• instaurationthe act of starting something for the first time