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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: foundation (0.01436 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to foundation.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: foundation alas, asas, dasar, fondamen, pembangunan, pondasi, yayasan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: foundation foundation n 1: the basis on which something is grounded; “there is little foundation for his objections” 2: an institution supported by an endowment 3: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; “the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture” [syn: basis, base, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 4: lowest support of a structure; “it was built on a base of solid rock”; “he stood at the foot of the tower” [syn: base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 5: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; “he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study”; “a good grounding in mathematics” [syn: grounding] 6: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body [syn: foundation garment] 7: 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” [syn: initiation, founding, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foundation Foundation \Foun*da"tion\, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See Found to establish.] 1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. [1913 Webster] 2. 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; groundwork; basis. [1913 Webster] Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is. xxviii. 16. [1913 Webster] The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. [1913 Webster] 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. [1913 Webster] He was entered on the foundation of Westminster. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity; as, the Ford Foundation. [1913 Webster] Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n. Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc. Foundation school, in England, an endowed school. To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college. [1913 Webster]

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