foundational concept

collocation in English

meaningsoffoundationalandconcept

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foundational
adjective
uk
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən.əl/
forming the base from which everything ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition offoundationalandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffoundational concept

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Either way, though, the desire to justify oneself to others is not thefoundationalconcept.
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In the 1960s thisfoundationalconceptof history was revisited and scholars began to examine the implications of history as a narrative mode of reconstructing the past.
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These guidelines stem from thefoundationalconceptof primal energy, its sources and impact, as well as its resource management.
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For example, the preserved property could be "justification", thefoundationalconceptof intuitionistic logic.
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Semantic domains are thefoundationalconceptfor initial stages of vernacular dictionary building projects.
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Thisfoundationalconceptin the academic discipline of criminal justice recharacterizes the seemingly adversarial courtroom participants as collaborators in doing justice.
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No one could have, because the foundational concepts were not in place.
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In fact, within the field, all of these seemingly foundational concepts are very much in dispute.
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It is based on five foundational concepts or principles that define its scope of activities.
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Provenance and original order are foundational concepts in archival processing.
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