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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | basis, fundamentals |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, background, base, bedrock, cornerstone*, footing, foundation, ground, infrastructure, origin, preliminaries, preparation, root, substratum, underpinning, understructure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | institute/institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, usually educational |
| Synonyms: | academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
| Synonyms: | assumption, axiom, base, canon, cause, criterion, exigency, formula, foundation, fundamental, generalization, ground, guide, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, principium, proposal, proposition, reason, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage |
| Antonyms: | transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | makeup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cosmetics |
| Synonyms: | blush, face*, foundation, greasepaint, lipstick, maquillage, paint, pancake, powder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | museum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for viewing artifacts or |
| Synonyms: | building, depository, exhibition, exhibits archive, foundation, gallery, hall, institution, library, menagerie, repository, salon, storehouse, treasury, vault |
| Main Entry: | nucleus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | core; basis for something's |
| Synonyms: | beginning bud, center, crux, embryo, focus, foundation, germ, heart, hub, kernel, matter, nub, pivot, premise, principle, seed, spark |
| Antonyms: | exterior, exteriority, outside |
| Main Entry: | occasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, cause |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, basis, call, circumstance, determinant, excuse, foundation, ground, grounds, incident, inducement, influence, justification, motivation, motive, necessity, obligation, prompting, provocation, purpose, right, warrant |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, inception |
| Synonyms: | alpha, birth, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, early stage, embarkation, emergence, entrance, entry, forging, foundation, genesis, git go, inauguration, ingress, initiation, introduction, launch, nativity, opener, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, square one, start, starting point |
| Antonyms: | close, completion, conclusion, death, end, finale, termination |
| Main Entry: | pedestal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for something |
| Synonyms: | base, bed, bottom, foot, foundation, mounting, platform, plinth, podium, stand, substructure, support |
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