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1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
Szinonimák: establishment
Ellentétek: abolition, dissolution, ruination
2. 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.
Szinonimák: basis, groundwork
3. The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
Szinonimák: groundwork, platform, stage
4. 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.
5. 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.
Szinonimák: base, groundwall
6. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
7. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
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8. Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
9. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.