basic foundation

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandfoundation

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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foundation
noun
uk
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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(Definition ofbasicandfoundationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is at thebasicfoundationlevel.
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The third area is infrastructure, or thebasicfoundationof industry.
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All they ask for is a home as abasicfoundationfor their family.
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Thebasicfoundationof all our domestic policy on which everything else depends is our endeavour to combine stable prices with full employment.
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I regard respect for justice as possibly thebasicfoundationfor the life that we are privileged to have in this country.
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They lacked thebasicfoundationof consent by the governed.
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But the relationship is thebasicfoundationbuilding block.
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Thebasicfoundationis now accepted in all the continents and in every other form of sport.
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What we have had really as abasicfoundationfor our political warfare operations has been this phrase "unconditional surrender".
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But the wholebasicfoundationof the economy of this country rests on manufacturing industry.
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On the provision of abasicfoundationpension, the research found that the fairness, universality and dependability of the basic state pension counted for a lot.
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It is a tragedy that in this country we are not spending more on creating thebasicfoundationon which to build a future for our children and grandchildren.
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In 1812, a bill become law and thebasicfoundationof the state's public school system was established.
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Thebasicfoundationfor training programs is learning.
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It is thebasicfoundationon which the rest of the parts rests on.
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Movement and posture are important early on, as thebasicfoundationwith which to build more advanced techniques later.
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As abasicfoundationof animal management, nutrition is integral to longevity, disease prevention, growth and reproduction.
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They place a very strong emphasis on early literacy, thebasicfoundationthat children need to develop in kindergarten and first grade.
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Architecture provides thebasicfoundationfor a spatial idea.
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