Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

    The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.

    Gründung, Gründen, Stiftung

    основа́ниеosnovánije, учрежде́ниеučreždénije

    заснува́нняzasnuvánnja

  2. (countable, uncountable)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; underbuilding.

    Grundlage, Unterbau, Fundament

    фунда́ментfundáment, осно́ваosnóva, ба́зисbázis

    фунда́ментfundáment, осно́ваosnóva, ба́зисbázys

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.

    Fundament, Grundlage

  4. (countable, uncountable)In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.

    Stapel

  5. (countable, uncountable)The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.

    The foundations of this construction have been laid out.

    Fundament, Gründung, Grundlage

    цо́кольcókolʹ, фунда́ментfundáment

  6. (countable, uncountable)A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

    фондfond

    an institution supported by an endowment

  7. (countable, uncountable)That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.

    The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.

    Stiftung

    фондfond

    фондfond, фундаціяfundacija

  8. (countable, uncountable)Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.

    Foundation, Grundierung

    тона́льный кремtonálʹnyj krem

  9. (countable, uncountable)A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

    Grundlage, Basis

Examples

186 sentences
  1. This house has a solid foundation.

    Цей будинок має міцний фундамент.

    ruУ этого дома прочный фундамент.

    deDieses Haus steht auf festem Grund.

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  2. The rumor was without foundation.

    Це була безпідставна плітка.

    ruСлух не имел под собой оснований.

    deDas Gerücht entbehrte jeder Grundlage.

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  3. Respect is the foundation of life.

    ruУважение - основа жизни.

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  4. These claims lack a scientific foundation.

    deDiese Behauptungen entbehren einer wissenschaftlichen Grundlage.

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  5. Family is the foundation for everything.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
act of founding:
that upon which anything is founded:
endowed institution or charity:
Русский
By meaning 5
act of founding:
that upon which anything is founded:
lowest and supporting part or member of a wall:
legacy constituting a permanent fund of charitable institution:
cosmetic cream:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
act of founding:
that upon which anything is founded:
pile of cards:
cosmetic cream:

Origin

From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundāti

From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundātiō (“founding, foundation”).

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Forms

plural: foundations
Singularfoundation
Pluralfoundations

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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