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foundation in Arabic

إِنْشاء ʔinšāʔ

/ˌfæʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃən/UK/ˌfaʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃən/

foundation in Arabic: إِنْشاء (ʔinšāʔ), إِشَادَة (ʔišāda), إِيجاد (ʔījād), تَأْسِيس (taʔsīs). In English, foundation means the act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

Arabic words for foundation

act of founding
إِنْشاء ʔinšāʔ, إِشَادَة ʔišāda, إِيجاد ʔījād, تَأْسِيس taʔsīs, رَفْع rafʕ
that upon which anything is founded
أَسَاس ʔasās, قَاعِدَة qāʕida
endowed institution or charity
مُؤَسَّسَة muʔassasa
cosmetic cream
أَسَاس ʔasās

English meaning of foundation

  1. noun The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
  2. noun 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; underbuilding.
  3. noun The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
  4. noun In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.

Full definition of foundation

foundation in a sentence

  • The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
  • The foundations of this construction have been laid out.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.

Synonyms of foundation

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Questions about foundation in Arabic

What is the meaning of foundation in Arabic?
Foundation in Arabic is إِنْشاء (ʔinšāʔ), إِشَادَة (ʔišāda), إِيجاد (ʔījād), تَأْسِيس (taʔsīs).
ما معنى كلمة foundation؟
Foundation: إِنْشاء (ʔinšāʔ), إِشَادَة (ʔišāda), إِيجاد (ʔījād), تَأْسِيس (taʔsīs).
What does foundation mean in English?
Foundation means the act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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