n
Alternative spelling of aftermarket. [(business) The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer.]
n
(business) The industry that serves that market.
n
The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
adj
Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
n
Acronym of building, antenna-tower, span, earth. [(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.]
n
A collection of a building’s structural elements resting on its foundation to provide partial separation of the building from shaking ground thus upgrading the building's seismic fitness. For video demonstration, click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/vshustov#p/f/11/ZqlXp3czrrM
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(US, informal) To base on.
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(transitive) To ground (an opinion, a conclusion, etc) on.
n
A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
n
(rare) One who is base or inferior
n
A physical base or foundation.
n
(figuratively) A secondary ground or cause.
n
(figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
n
(obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
n
(slang) A person involved with or supported by the Ford Foundation, an American private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare.
n
(law) Abbreviation of foundation. [The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.]
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Obsolete form of fundament. [Foundation.]
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(figuratively) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
n
(figuratively) The basis of something.
n
The property of being foundational.
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(UK) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
adv
(idiomatic) From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals.
n
(India) Basics or fundamentals, considered as a unit.
adj
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
adj
Obsolete form of fundamental. [Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.]
n
The essential foundation or source of something
n
Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
n
(informal) The initial stage of a project.
n
Alternative spelling of groundwork [The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.]
n
The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground.
n
The creation of a foundation or base.
n
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
n
(idiomatic, business) The number of units of a system or product that are currently in use.
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(idiomatic, figuratively) To create a foundation; to provide the basics or fundamentals.
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(figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something.
n
That which is built on some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
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A substructure; foundation; infrastructure.
adj
Whose name appears underneath, or further down in a document.
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(figuratively) A basis for something.
n
(figuratively) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
adv
Alternative form of within-doors [(dated) indoors]
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