- foundation
- noun1 organization that provides money for sthADJECTIVE▪ charitable, private▪ researchVERB + FOUNDATION▪ establish, set up, start▪
a charitable foundation established in 1983
PREPOSITION▪ foundation for▪a private foundation for the arts
2 foundations parts of a building below the groundADJECTIVE▪ deep▪ concreteVERB + FOUNDATIONS▪ dig, lay▪Concrete foundations have been laid.
▪ shake, undermine▪The thunder seemed to shake the very foundations of the building.
▪They had dug too deep and undermined the foundations of the house.
FOUNDATION + NOUN▪ stone▪The foundation stone was laid in 1911.
▪In 1853 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of the new palace.
▪ wall (AmE)3 basis for sthADJECTIVE▪ excellent, firm, good, secure, solid, sound, strong▪ shaky, weak▪ ideological, intellectual, moral, philosophical, political, scientific, theoretical▪ economicVERB + FOUNDATION▪ build, create, form, lay, provide (sth with), set▪This agreement laid a sound foundation for future cooperation between the two countries.
▪ build on▪We now have a firm foundation to build on.
▪ rest on▪The peace treaty rests on shaky foundations.
▪ rock, shake, strike at, threaten, undermine▪an event which rocked the foundations of British politics
▪ destroyFOUNDATION + NOUN▪ course, year (both BrE)▪The Fine Arts degree starts with a foundation year.
PREPOSITION▪ foundation for▪to provide a solid foundation for democracy
PHRASES▪ rock sth to its foundations, shake sth to its foundations▪The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its foundations.
▪ the very foundation▪He believes terrorism undermines the very foundations of our society.
4 facts that show that sth is trueVERB + FOUNDATION▪ have no▪malicious gossip which has no foundation
PREPOSITION▪ without foundation▪The rumours/rumors of his resignation are entirely without foundation.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
