foundations is a form of:

Foundation



noun
1.
(the part of a building usually underground, on which the wells rest, basis for an idea or belief, beginning, setting up, an institution which has been endowed with a fund for its support, such a fund) foundation of a house គ្រឹះ, foundation of his argument មូលការណ៍, foundation of a business ការបង្កើត, philanthropic foundation មូលនិធិ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ការបង្កើត (អង្គការ) មូលនិធិ គោលការណ៍
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
2.
The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
3.
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
4.
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
5.
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
1.
base, basis, bedrock, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, root, substructure, support, underpinning
2.
authority, data, facts, justification, observation, reason
3.
association, charity, company, endowment, establishment, institute, institution