different between foundation vs contour

English

Etymology

From Latin fund?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fa?n?de???n/, [fa??n?de???n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

foundation (countable and uncountable, plural foundations)

1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

   Synonym: establishment

   Antonyms: abolition, dissolution, ruination

2. 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.

   Synonyms: groundwork, basis
3. (figuratively) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.

   Synonyms: groundwork, platform, stage

   • 2006, K P Yadav, Economic Planning And Restructuring, Sarup & Sons ?ISBN, page 44

     The implication is that the Gandhian model of growth is possible, now that Nehru's investment strategy had already laid a strong foundation for economic growth.

4. (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.
6. (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.

   Synonyms: base, groundwall

7. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
8. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.

9. (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
10. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

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Translations

Further reading

• foundation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French contour, from contourner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nt??(?)/, /-t??(?)/
• Homophone: kontor

Noun

contour (plural contours)

1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.

   Synonym: contour line

3. (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

   Hyponyms: diphthong, contour tone, affricate

Translations

Verb

contour (third-person singular simple present contours, present participle contouring, simple past and past participle contoured)

1. (transitive) To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
2. (transitive) To mark with contour lines.
3. (intransitive) To practise the makeup technique of contouring.

Anagrams

• cornuto, countor, crouton, croûton

French

Etymology

Deverbal of contourner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.tu?/

Noun

contour m (plural contours)

1. contour

Spanish

Noun

contour m (plural contours)

1. contour