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Определение fundação в Португальский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- foundation
Columns provide a solid foundation.
-Colunas fornecem uma fundação sólida.
Hundreds of people called or wrote to the Gorilla Foundation.
-Centenas de pessoas ligaram ou escreveram à Fundação Gorila.
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment
- {n} a bottom, rise, establishment, cause
- The foundations of a building or other structure are the layer of bricks or concrete below the ground that it is built on
- {i} base, substructure; establishing, founding; institution; cosmetic cream used as a base for makeup
- The supporting substructure of a building or other structure, including but not limited to basements, slabs, sills, posts or frost walls
- The foundation of something such as a belief or way of life is the things on which it is based. The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community This laid the foundations for later modern economic growth. If an event shakes the foundations of a society or a system of beliefs, it causes great uncertainty and makes people question their most deeply held beliefs. The destruction of war and the death of millions of young people shook the foundations of Western idealism
- A private nonprofit organization with funds and a program managed by its own trustees and directors, established to further social, educational, religious or other charitable activities by making grants A private foundation receives its funds from, and is subject to control of, an individual family, corporation or other group of limited number In contrast, a community foundation receives its funds from multiple public sources and is classified by the IRS as a public charity
- an institution supported by an endowment
- The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry
- A private non-profit organisation with funds and a program managed by its own trustees and directors, established to further social, educational, religious or other charitable activities by making grants A private foundation receives its funds from, and is subject to control of, an individual family, corporation or other group of limited number In contrast, a community foundation receives its funds from multiple public sources and is classified in the US by the IRS as a public charity
- an institution supported by an endowment the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections
- Foundation is a skin-coloured cream that you put on your face before putting on the rest of your make-up. see also found. Part of a structural system that supports and anchors the superstructure of a building and transmits its loads directly to the earth. To prevent damage from repeated freeze-thaw cycles, the bottom of the foundation must be below the frost line. The foundations of low-rise residential buildings are nearly all supported on spread footings, wide bases (usually of concrete) that support walls or piers and distribute the load over a greater area. A concrete grade beam supported by isolated footings, piers, or piles may be placed at ground level, especially in a building without a basement, to support the exterior wall. Spread footings are also used in greatly enlarged form for high-rise buildings. Other systems for supporting heavy loads include piles, concrete caisson columns, and building directly on exposed rock. In yielding soil, a floating foundation consisting of rigid, boxlike structures set at such a depth that the weight of the soil removed to place it equals the weight of the construction supported may be used. Nongovernmental, nonprofit organization with assets provided by donors and managed by its own officials and with income expended for socially useful purposes. Foundations can be traced back to ancient Greece. The late 19th century first saw the establishment of large foundations with broad purposes and great freedom of action, usually originating in the fortunes of wealthy industrialists. Today foundations are classified as community (having support from many donors and located in a specific community), corporation-sponsored, and independent. Notable examples include the Smithsonian Institution (1846), the Carnegie Corp. of New York (1911), the Rockefeller Foundation (1913), and the Ford Foundation (1936), one of the largest in the world. Nongovernmental organizations are known colloquially as "NGOs.". Ford Foundation Rockefeller Foundation mathematics foundations of
- The basis for a homes The foundation is located at the lowest portion of the home and is used to support the structure built upon it (More on foundations)
- The base that structures (buildings and bridges) are rest on They help reduce the pressure (or loading) on a soil by spreading it over a larger area or transfering it to a stronger layer of soil
- A strike in the ninth frame; so he called because it lays a foundation for a strong finish, with the possibility of three more strikes in the tenth
- The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"
- 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
- Lower part of a structure which transmits the load to the earth The excavated surface upon which a dam is placed