Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: foundation, foundation garment
Definition: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: foundation
Definition: an institution supported by an endowment
Main entry: foundation
Definition: the basis on which something is grounded
Usage: there is little foundation for his objections