FOUNDATION


Meaning of FOUNDATION in English

noun

1 organization that provides money for sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ charitable , private

▪ research

VERB + FOUNDATION

▪ establish , set up , start

a charitable ~ established in 1983

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

a private ~ for the arts

2 foundations parts of a building below the ground

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep

▪ concrete

VERB + FOUNDATIONS

▪ dig , lay

Concrete ~s have been laid.

▪ shake , undermine

The thunder seemed to shake the very ~s of the building.

They had dug too deep and undermined the ~s of the house.

FOUNDATION + NOUN

▪ stone

The ~ stone was laid in 1911.

In 1853 Queen Victoria laid the ~ stone of the new palace.

▪ wall ( AmE )

3 basis for sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ excellent , firm , good , secure , solid , sound , strong

▪ shaky , weak

▪ ideological , intellectual , moral , philosophical , political , scientific , theoretical

▪ economic

VERB + FOUNDATION

▪ build , create , form , lay , provide (sth with) , set

This agreement laid a sound ~ for future cooperation between the two countries.

▪ build on

We now have a firm ~ to build on.

▪ rest on

The peace treaty rests on shaky ~s.

▪ rock , shake , strike at , threaten , undermine

an event which rocked the ~s of British politics

▪ destroy

FOUNDATION + NOUN

▪ course , year (both BrE )

The Fine Arts degree starts with a ~ year.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

to provide a solid ~ for democracy

PHRASES

▪ rock sth to its ~s , shake sth to its ~s

The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its ~s.

▪ the very ~

He believes terrorism undermines the very ~s of our society.

4 facts that show that sth is true

VERB + FOUNDATION

▪ have no

malicious gossip which has no ~

PREPOSITION

▪ without ~

The rumours/rumors of his resignation are entirely without ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .