foundation

Meanings

• the basis on which something is grounded
  • "there is little foundation for his objections"
• an institution supported by an endowment
• lowest support of a structure
• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
  • "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"
• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
• a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
  • "the foundation of a new scientific society"

Synonyms

base, basis, cornerstone, creation, foot, foundation garment, founding, fundament, grounding, groundwork, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, substructure, understructure