Definition: 1. The basis on which something is grounded. 2. An institution supported by an endowment. 3. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. 4. Lowest support of a structure.
Use 'foundation' in a sentence:
1. The plan is an initiative funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
2. The new analysis, released this week by the National Science Foundation in Arlington.
3. Love was a magnificent building I built on the foundation of friendship. It took time to blossom.
4. We have only laid the foundation.
5. The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community.
6. If you have a strong foundation, your house is more likely to be solid.
7. Ernest Boyer is the head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
8. The foundation is holding a dinner in honour of something or other.
9. These individual rights are the foundation of the American government.
10. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
11. Four years' college life laid a solid foundation for his work.
12. Emotional conflict may shake the foundation of even the strongest relationship.
13. The workers are strengthening the foundation of the bridge.
14. The explosion had weakened the building's foundations.
15. You should manage the foundation models in a separate encyclopedia.
16. He laid the foundation of the science of bacteriology.
17. If the foundations are flawed the house will come tumbling down.
18. This laid the foundations for later modern economic growth.
19. The US National Science Foundation is among these.
20. I am determined to build on this solid foundation.
21. These stories have no foundation.
22. I have my foundation, and I have my music school.
23. No building can stand without firm foundations, and neither can a marriage.
24. Think of knowledge as a house, you need a solid foundation on which to build your house.
25. Students need to get a strong foundation in literary theory and criticism before I let them in the room.
26. We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories.
27. He is founding director of The Conservation Foundation.
28. The Foundation is holding a dinner in honour of something or other.
29. He has already transferred ownership of most of the works to a British foundation.
30. Best friends are the foundation of my life.
31. The destruction of war and the death of millions of young people shook the foundations of Western idealism.
32. The Dove Foundation aims to promote wholesome family entertainment.
33. A Foundation spokesman said the idea was to point out what he called "the hypocrisy of all these awards".
34. The Foundation is holding a dinner at the Museum of American Art in honour of the opening of its new show.
35. The foundation becomes solid after tamping.
36. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.
37. The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programmes.
38. The Bush Foundation has funded a variety of faculty development programs.
39. The Princess of Wales laid the foundation stone for the extension to the Cathedral.
40. He laid the foundation of Japan's modern economy.
41. The allegations were without foundation.
42. The foundations of the house are being laid today.
43. Foundation make-up evens out your skin tone and texture.
44. This issue has shaken the foundations of French politics.
45. Each complaint is analysed very closely, and if it has no foundation it is rejected.
46. The money will go to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
47. This provided a solid foundation for their marriage.
48. Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage.
49. Emotional conflict may shake the foundations of even the strongest relationship.
50. The organization has grown enormously since its foundation in 1955.
