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foundation
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural foundations
plural foundations
Learner's definition of FOUNDATION
1
[count]
a : a usually stone or concrete structure that supports a building from underneath地基；房基
- The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation.检查员在这座房屋的地基上发现了一道裂纹。
- pour/lay/dig the foundation浇筑/铺设/挖掘地基
b : something (such as an idea, a principle, or a fact) that provides support for something根据；基础；基本原理
- He insists that these charges are without foundation. [=are unfounded]他坚称这些指控毫无根据。
- These charges have no foundation in fact. [=there are no facts that support these charges]这些指控毫无事实根据。
- The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built.这本书阐述了支撑她政治生涯的道德基础。
- These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society.这些问题威胁到现代社会的根本基础。
- The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations.丑闻动摇了政府的根基。
- Her early research laid the foundation [=provided the basis] for many important medical discoveries.她早期的研究为许多重要的医学发现奠定了基础。
2
[count] : an organization that is created and supported with money that people give in order to do something that helps society基金会
- They established a foundation to help orphaned children.他们设立了基金会来帮助孤儿。
- set up a foundation成立基金会
- a charitable/nonprofit/private foundation慈善/非营利性/私立基金会
3
[count, noncount] : a special cream that is the color of your skin and that you spread on your face and neck before putting on other makeup（化妆打底用的）粉底霜
4
[noncount] : the act of founding something建立；创建
- the foundation of a new school一所新学校的创建
foundation
noun
foun·da·tion fau̇n-ˈdā-shən 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation. The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built. These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society. The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations. They established a foundation to help orphaned children.
Recent Examples on the Web But even though the Roman name is synonymous with authenticity, the very foundation of their success is a lie. 
Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2022 The foundation sponsors the Ryan T Lee Memorial Collegiate golf tournament, now in its 12th year, with UHart, Sacred Heart and Fairfield among the 17 Division I teams, is running at the Shuttle Meadow CC, where Ryan Lee worked as a teenager. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022 Tourje is one of nine structural assessors for Alpha Structural, a Los Angeles company that specializes in engineering and constructing foundation repairs. Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 White: Priority foundation violation that couldn’t be corrected on-site during the inspection. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2022 According to the news release, money from the foundation helps pay for specialized equipment and technology not funded in the city’s budget. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 The company turned the beauty industry on its head with a bold stance on inclusivity, offering 40 foundation shades without coaxing. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022 The same fascination with odds and risk pricing would later become the foundation of Susquehanna’s lucrative trading business, a $40 billion stake in the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and a systematic foray into the sports betting business. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 These investigations into data resistance movements led Morone to become a CEO of the foundation RadicalXChange in 2019. Charlotte Kent, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 See More
Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2022 The foundation sponsors the Ryan T Lee Memorial Collegiate golf tournament, now in its 12th year, with UHart, Sacred Heart and Fairfield among the 17 Division I teams, is running at the Shuttle Meadow CC, where Ryan Lee worked as a teenager. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022 Tourje is one of nine structural assessors for Alpha Structural, a Los Angeles company that specializes in engineering and constructing foundation repairs. Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 White: Priority foundation violation that couldn’t be corrected on-site during the inspection. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2022 According to the news release, money from the foundation helps pay for specialized equipment and technology not funded in the city’s budget. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 The company turned the beauty industry on its head with a bold stance on inclusivity, offering 40 foundation shades without coaxing. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022 The same fascination with odds and risk pricing would later become the foundation of Susquehanna’s lucrative trading business, a $40 billion stake in the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and a systematic foray into the sports betting business. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 These investigations into data resistance movements led Morone to become a CEO of the foundation RadicalXChange in 2019. Charlotte Kent, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English fundacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fundacion, borrowed from Latin fundātiōn-, fundātiō, from fundāre "to found entry 4" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of foundation was in the 14th century Phrases Containing foundation
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