foundation in English: The strong base under a building, or the important idea that something is built on. (noun)

Translation

The strong base under a building, or the important idea that something is built on.

Word origin

From Latin fundamentum meaning base, from fundus meaning bottom.

Gender

Pluralfoundations

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The foundation is the strong base that holds a building up.

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Here "foundation" means the idea everything else rests on.

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For buildings, the plural "foundations" is very common.

base

The bottom part that something stands on, or the main place a group works from.

build

To make something by putting parts together, like a house or a wall.

building

A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, a school, or an office.

stone

A small, hard piece of rock that you can pick up in your hand.

strong

Having a lot of power in the body, or hard to break.

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