Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively)To establish on a solid foundation.

Examples

23 sentences

  1. Education is the bedrock of civilization.

    ruОбразование — это основа цивилизации. — Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  2. I think that we hit bedrock.

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  3. Trust is the bedrock of cooperation.

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  4. Hope is the bedrock of this nation.

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  5. Love is the bedrock of my life.

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Origin

From bed (“a layer on top of which something else rests.”) + rock.

From bed (“a layer on top of which something else rests.”) + rock.

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Forms

bedrocks, bedrocking, bedrocked, bedrocked
Base formbedrock · to bedrock
3rd person singularbedrocks
Present participlebedrocking
Past simplebedrocked
Past participlebedrocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybedrock
he, she, itbedrocks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbedrocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bedrocked
he, she, ithas bedrocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bedrock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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