Akademik

foundation
noun /faʊ̯nˈdei̯ʃn̩/
a) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.

b) 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; underbuilding.

The foundations of this construction have been laid out.


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