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
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The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its ~s.
▪ the very ~
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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 ~.