Synonyms: initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, creation, foundation, founding
Definition: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Usage: she looked forward to her initiation as an adult; the foundation of a new scientific society
Similar words: start, commencement, beginning
Definition: the act of starting something
Usage: he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
Synonyms: foot, foundation, fundament, base, understructure, substructure, groundwork
Definition: lowest support of a structure
Usage: it was built on a base of solid rock; he stood at the foot of the tower
Similar words: support
Definition: supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
Usage: the statue stood on a marble support
Synonyms: foundation, foundation garment
Definition: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
Similar words: undergarment, unmentionable
Definition: a garment worn under other garments
Synonyms: foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone, base, basis
Definition: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Usage: the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Similar words: assumption, supposal, supposition
Definition: a hypothesis that is taken for granted
Usage: any society is built upon certain assumptions
Synonyms: foundation, grounding
Definition: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
Usage: he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study; a good grounding in mathematics
Similar words: education
Definition: knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
Usage: it was clear that he had a very broad education
Synonyms: foundation
Definition: an institution supported by an endowment
Similar words: financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization
Definition: an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
Synonyms: foundation
Definition: the basis on which something is grounded
Usage: there is little foundation for his objections
Similar words: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together