foundation
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
“The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.”
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.
The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
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.
Etymology
From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundātiō (“founding, foundation”).
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FOUNDATION at a glance
FOUNDATION has 10 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + U 1 + N 1 + D 2 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,589 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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