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(noun) foot, foundation, fundament, base, understructure, substructure
lowest support of a structure
it was built on a base of solid rock; he stood at the foot of the tower
(noun) foundation, fundament, cornerstone, base, basis
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture