Related Words for foundation

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groundwork
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Noun
base
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Noun, Noun
basis
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Noun, Noun
founding
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Noun, Noun
institution
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Noun, Noun
origination
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Noun, Noun
creation
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Noun, Noun
initiation
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Noun, Noun
substructure
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Noun, Noun
cornerstone
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Noun, Noun
foot
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Noun, Noun
bedrock
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Noun
underpinning
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Noun
framework
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Noun
building
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Noun
pillars
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Noun
superstructure
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Noun
structure
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Noun
backbone
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Noun
edifice
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Noun
blueprint
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Noun
solid
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Adjective
underpinnings
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Noun
organization
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Noun
bulwark
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Noun
footings
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Noun
principles
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Noun
institute
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Name
endowment
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Noun
laying
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Verb, Noun
platform
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Noun
construction
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Noun
theory
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Noun
primer
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Noun
support
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Noun
ground
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Noun
application
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Noun
benefactor
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Noun
establishment
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Noun
core
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Noun
cement
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Noun
establishing
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Verb
education
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Noun
justification
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Noun
firm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
linchpin
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Noun
concrete
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Noun
infrastructure
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Noun
philosophy
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Noun
company
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Noun
philanthropy
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Noun
underlying
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Adjective
partnership
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Noun
belief
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Noun
development
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Noun
shoring
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Noun
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective
nonprofit
x/x
Adjective
proper
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Adjective
rebuilding
x/x
Noun
basic
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Adjective
overarching
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Adjective
keystone
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Noun
charity
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Noun
cradle
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Noun
tenets
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Noun
association
xxx/x
Noun
pyramid
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Noun
strengthening
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Noun
anchor
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Noun
unshakable
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Adjective
empire
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Noun
scholarship
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Noun
science
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Noun
solidity
x/xx
Noun
brand
/
Noun
doctrine
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Noun
scaffolding
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Noun
form
/
Noun
fund
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Noun
formulation
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Noun
understanding
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Noun
rock
/
Noun
rest
/
Noun
protection
x/x
Noun
setting
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Noun
planting
/x
Noun
starting
/x
Verb
formation
x/x
Noun
siting
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Noun
inception
x/x
Noun
fixation
x/x
Noun
constructing
x/x
Verb
inauguration
xxx/x
Noun
making
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Noun
erection
x/x
Noun
placement
/x
Noun
settling
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Noun
rooting
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Noun
settlement
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Noun
invention
x/x
Noun
uniting
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Verb
embarkation
xx/x
Noun
presupposition
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Noun
installation
xx/x
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
implantation
xx/x
Noun
upholding
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Verb
inaugural
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Noun
introduction
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Noun
franchising
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Noun
colonization
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Noun
figuration
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Noun
placing
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Verb
organizing
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Noun
layout
/x
Noun
positioning
x/xx
Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
incorporation
xxx/x
Noun
perching
/x
Verb
launching
/x
Noun
undertaking
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Noun
inscription
x/x
Noun
conception
x/x
Noun
bridging
/x
Noun
causation
x/x
Noun
steadying
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Noun
rising
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Verb
postulation
/x/x
Noun
birth
/
Noun
focusing
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Verb
bonding
/x
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
crowning
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Verb
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
contribution
xx/x
Noun
height
/
Verb
piled
/
Adjective
shaky
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Adjective
surer
/x
Adjective
blind
/
Noun
grant
/
Noun
slain
/
Adverb
accordance
x/x
Noun
agency
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Noun
alkalis
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Noun
anchorage
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Noun
angular
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Adjective, Noun
assisi
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Name
assize
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Noun, Verb
authority
x/xx
Noun
axiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
background
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
backing
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Noun, Adjective
basal
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Adjective, Noun
baseline
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Noun, Verb
basement
/x
Noun
bed
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Noun, Verb
beginning
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Noun, Adjective
bottom
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
burton
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Name
chaebol
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Noun
consortia
x/x
Noun
corporation
xx/x
Noun
corset
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Noun, Verb
cushion
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Noun, Verb
database
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Noun, Verb
denominator
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Noun
departure
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Noun
elementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
enterprise
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Noun, Verb
essence
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Noun
fad
/
Noun
federation
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
floor
/
Noun, Verb
fonda
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Name
founder
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Noun, Verb
frames
/
Verb
fulcrum
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Noun
girdle
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Noun, Verb
grass roots
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Phrase, Noun
grassroots
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Adjective
groundless
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Adjective
heart
/
Noun, Verb
himalayan
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Name, Adjective
himalayas
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Name
house
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Noun, Verb
instrumentality
xxx/xx
Noun
legal
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Adjective, Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mainstay
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Noun
make up
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
merit
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Noun, Verb
milestones
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Verb
money
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Noun, Adjective
moorings
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Noun
natal
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Name, Adjective
nucleus
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Noun
origin
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Noun
pierre
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Name
premise
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Noun, Verb
primary
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
rationale
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Noun
reason
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Noun, Verb
recipient
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Noun, Adjective
seat
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Noun, Verb
source
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Noun, Verb
springboard
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Noun, Verb
stable
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stays
/
Noun
stone
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
studies
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Noun
subgrade
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Noun
subsoil
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Noun, Verb
substance
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Noun, Verb
substantiation
xxx/x
Noun
substratum
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Noun
tema
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Noun
tombstone
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Noun, Verb
touchstone
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Noun
trust
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
water
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
headlines
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
cluster
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
dialect
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Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
anymore
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Adverb