foundation

IPA: faʊndˈeɪʃʌn

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
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.
(figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
(card games) 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.
(architecture) 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.
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

Examples of "foundation" in Sentences

So I decided to look up the term foundation on the online Oxford English Dictionary.
This foundation is the largest funding source for radical anti-gun groups in the country.
Here's the thing - one of the claims of this foundation is a 16-hour time frame in which it promises to stay put.
What really shook me from my foundation is the fact that there really were 12 awesome tips, things fathers would never figure out on their own.
Bush tells another bald-faced whopper, claims he has laid the 'foundation of peace'! yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Bush tells another bald-faced whopper, claims he has laid the \'foundation of peace\'! '
All cards in the Army and Navy are equally available if played in pairs (_i. e._, one black and one red), but no card of either color can be played on a foundation _unless a card of the other color is played at the same time on another foundation_.
Filing the brief isn ` t the only FSF contribution, p2pnet noted, pointing out the foundation is also working with Recording Industry vs The People ` s Ray Beckerman on the expert witness fund, which has helped RIAA victim Jamie Thomas, among others.
But its main foundation is a realisation that in fact Britain is a part of Europe, whether we like it or not; that what happens in Europe affects our destiny profoundly, as two world wars have witnessed; and that we deceive ourselves if we pretend otherwise.