foundation
/faʊnˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
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faʊn - ˈdeɪʃən -> foundation
(n) အုတ်မြစ်ချခြင်း။
foundation / faƱn'deÇʃn / n
၁။ [U] တည်ထောင်ခြင်း။ the foundation of the national library.
၂။ [C] ပရဟိတလုပ်ငန်း စသည် ထောက်ပံ့ရန် တည်ထောင်ထားသော အဖွဲ့အစည်း။ the Ford Foundation ❍ You may be able to get support for your training from an arts foundation.
၃။ [C usu pl ] အဆောက်အအုံ၏အခြေခံ။ အုတ်မြစ်။ lay the foundations of a school ❍ The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby.
၄။ [C,U] အခြေခံ။ အကြောင်းရင်း။ အုတ်မြစ်။ အခြေအမြစ်။ lay the foundations of one's career ❍ provide a solid foundation for the marriage ❍ controversies that rock the foundations of social and moral life ❍ The rumour is totally without foundation (ie not based on true facts).
၅။ (also foundation cream ) [U] မိတ်ကပ်အောက်ခံ။
❏ foundation course n (Brit ) အခြေခံသင်တန်း။ take a foundation course in economics.
❏ foundation-stone n အခမ်းအနားဖြင့်ချသော အုတ်မြစ်။
- How long will it take to finish digging the foundations?
- He believes that religion is the foundation of a civilized society.
- The first two years of study provide a solid foundation in computing.
- Their current economic prosperity rests on rather weak foundations.
- The foundation of the first grammar schools
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