FOUNDATIONS Synonyms

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• lowest support of a structure

• preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation

• the act of forming or establishing something

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

• any large organization

• (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies

• a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

• the basic structure or features of a system or organization

• lowest support of a structure

• solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil

• principles from which other truths can be derived

• the basic structure or features of a system or organization

• the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

• the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

• take root and begin to grow

• come into existence, originate

• cheer for

• plant by the roots

• dig with the snout

• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

• cause to take roots

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• status with respect to the relations between people or groups

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing

• support from beneath

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• lowest support of a structure

• a raised horizontal surface

• a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

• the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system

• any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons

• a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

• a long, flat raised structure of a railway station, where people get on and off of trains

• any distinct time period in a sequence of events

• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience

• the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')

• a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

• a section or portion of a journey or course

• any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something

• a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

• the human act of creating

• (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

• an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• everything that exists anywhere

• the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

• a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

• the lower part of anything

• the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

• lowest support of a structure

• any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

• travel by walking

• a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

• an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

• (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

• a support resembling a pedal extremity

• pay for something

• walk

• add a column of numbers

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

• fastening electrical equipment to earth

• a formal entry into an organization or position or office

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge

• an act that sets in motion some course of events