Foundation

Foun`da´tion

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

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.

Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation.

- Is. xxviii. 16.

The foundation of a free common wealth.

- Motley.

(Arch.) 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.

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

He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.

- Macaulay.

That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity; as, the Ford Foundation.

Against the canon laws of our foundation.

- Milton.

Foundation course
See Base course, under Base, n.

Foundation muslin
an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.

Foundation school
in England, an endowed school.

To be on a foundation
to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college.

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

foundation - The axiom of foundation states that the membership relation is well founded, i.e. that any non-empty collection Y of sets has a member y which is disjoint from Y. This rules out sets which contain themselves (directly or indirectly).

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