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{
"term": "foundation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a principle, an idea or a fact that something is based on and that it grows from",
"sensetop": "without foundation",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Respect and friendship provide a **solid foundation** for marriage."
},
{
"text": "He **laid the foundation** of Japan's modern economy."
},
{
"text": "These stories **have no foundation** *(= are not based on any facts)*."
},
{
"text": "The rumour is totally without foundation *(= is not based on any facts)*.",
"contextForm": "without foundation"
},
{
"text": "Worship is the foundation of all the Church's activities."
},
{
"text": "He believes terrorism undermines the very foundations of our society."
},
{
"text": "We now have a firm foundation to build on."
},
{
"text": "This agreement laid a sound foundation for future cooperation between the two countries."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + foundation": ["have no"],
"preposition": ["without foundation"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an organization that is established to provide money for a particular purpose, for example for scientific research or charity",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The money will go to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation."
},
{
"text": "Many of the hospitals were originally established by religious foundations."
},
{
"text": "The research centre was set up by a charitable foundation."
},
{
"text": "a private foundation for sport and the arts"
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["charitable", "private", "research"],
"verb + foundation": ["establish", "set up", "start"],
"preposition": ["foundation for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of starting a new institution or organization",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The organization has grown enormously since its foundation in 1955."
},
{
"text": "She used the money to go towards the foundation of a special research group."
}
],
"synonyms": "establishment"
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a layer of stone, concrete, etc. that forms the solid underground base of a building",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The builders are now beginning **to lay the foundations** of the new school."
},
{
"text": "The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby."
},
{
"text": "Concrete foundations have been laid."
},
{
"text": "The thunder seemed to shake the very foundations of the building."
},
{
"text": "They had dug too deep and undermined the foundations of the house."
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "concrete"],
"verb + foundations": ["dig", "lay", "shake"],
"foundation + noun": ["stone", "wall"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a skin-coloured cream that is put on the face under other make-up",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Appearance"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to cause people to question their basic beliefs about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This issue has shaken the foundations of French politics."
},
{
"text": "an event which rocked the foundations of British politics"
},
{
"text": "The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its foundations."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/faʊnˈdeɪʃn/",
"audio": "fo/foundation/foundation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/faʊnˈdeɪʃn/",
"audio": "fo/foundation/foundation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French fondation, from Latin fundatio(n-), from fundare ‘to lay a base for’, from fundus ‘bottom, base’."
}