foundation 5
noundomain: thinking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Examples
- 1.the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Synonyms
- basis 2
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- base 7
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- fundament 1
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- groundwork 1
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- cornerstone 1
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
