noun (n)

• the basis on which something is grounded(noun.linkdef)

  Example:
  There is little foundation for his objections.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an institution supported by an endowment(noun.group)

  source: wordnet30
• lowest support of a structure(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  base, foot, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
  

  source: wordnet30
• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  He lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study.
  

  Synonym:
  grounding
  

  source: wordnet30
• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  base, basis, cornerstone, fundament, groundwork
  

  source: wordnet30
• a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  foundation garment
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new(noun.act)

  Example:
  The foundation of a new scientific society.
  

  Synonym:
  creation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.(noun)

  source: webster1913