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1 ♦ foundation
♦ foundation /faʊnˈdeɪʃn/n.1 (edil.) fondazione; (al pl.) fondazioni, fondamenta2 (fig.) base, basi; (al pl., anche) fondamenta: the foundations of civilization, le basi della civiltà; to lay the foundation for st., gettare le basi di qc.3 (fig.) fondamento (di verità): to have no foundation (o to be without foundation) essere privo di (o senza) fondamento; essere infondato4 fondazione; ente morale: charitable foundation, ente benefico; the Carnegie Foundation, la fondazione Carnegie5 fondazione; costituzione: the foundation of a colony [of a university], la fondazione di una colonia [di un'università]● foundation course, corso di base (o propedeutico) □ (edil.) foundation mat, cordolo di fondazione □ foundation scholar, borsista □ foundation school, scuola sovvenzionata, provvista di lascito □ foundation stone, (edil.) prima pietra, pietra angolare; (fig.) pilastro: to lay the foundation stone, posare la prima pietra □ ( a scuola, GB) foundation subjects, materie fondamentali □ to lay the foundations, (edil.) gettare le fondamenta; (fig.) porre le basi (di qc.) □ (fig.) to shake st. to its foundations (o to rock the foundations of st.), scuotere qc. fino alle fondamenta.
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