• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the Foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
• lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
• a woman''s undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the Foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"
• an institution supported by an endowment
• the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little Foundation for his objections"

'Foundation' in other languages