[
  {
    "word": "foundation",
    "phonetic": "/fa\u028an\u02c8de\u026a\u0283\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/fa\u028an\u02c8de\u026a\u0283\u0259n/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/foundation-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780092",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.",
            "synonyms": [
              "establishment"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "abolition",
              "dissolution",
              "ruination"
            ],
            "example": "The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty."
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [
              "basis",
              "groundwork"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.",
            "synonyms": [
              "groundwork",
              "platform",
              "stage"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [
              "base",
              "groundwall"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The foundations of this construction have been laid out."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "base",
          "groundwall",
          "basis",
          "groundwork",
          "establishment",
          "groundwork",
          "platform",
          "stage"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "abolition",
          "dissolution",
          "ruination"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foundation"
    ]
  }
]