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foundation
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)
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- Synonym: establishment
- Antonyms: abolition, dissolution, ruination
- 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
- (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.
- (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.
- Synonyms: base, groundwall
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- foundation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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launching
English
Verb
launching
- present participle of launch
Noun
launching (plural launchings)
- The act by which something is launched; a launch.
- The launching of the Titanic.
- 2010, Raymond Friedman, A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets (page 123)
- By 1940 they had conducted 25 successful launchings of A5 rockets, which reached 10 miles altitude and had a range of 12 miles.
Usage notes
- Launch suggests an event at a point in time. Launching suggests a process over time.
Translations
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