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Meaning of foundation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  foundation
      n 1: the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little
           foundation for his objections"
      2: an institution supported by an endowment
      3: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
         solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn:
         {foundation}, {base}, {fundament}, {foot}, {groundwork},
         {substructure}, {understructure}]
      4: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of
         knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced
         study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: {foundation},
         {grounding}]
      5: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or
         developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument
         rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {basis}, {base},
         {foundation}, {fundament}, {groundwork}, {cornerstone}]
      6: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of
         the body [syn: {foundation garment}, {foundation}]
      7: 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" [syn:
         {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation}, {institution},
         {origination}, {creation}, {innovation}, {introduction},
         {instauration}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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