Foundation ¹

Definition: The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

Foundation ²

Definition: 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.

Foundation ³

Definition: 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.

Foundation ⁴

Definition: A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

Foundation ⁵

Definition: That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.

foundation ⁶

Definition: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"

foundation ⁷

Definition: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

foundation ⁸

Definition: a woman''s undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

foundation ⁹

Definition: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

foundation ¹⁰

Definition: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"

foundation ¹¹

Definition: an institution supported by an endowment

foundation ¹²

Definition: the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"