solid foundation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsolidandfoundation
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solid
adjective
uk/ˈsɒl.ɪd/us/ˈsɑː.lɪd/
hard or firm, keeping a ...
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foundation
noun
uk/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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(Definition ofsolidandfoundationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsolid foundation
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As you have said, our scientific results are thesolidfoundationon which the future edifice is to be built.
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We have argued that for health promotion to come to fruition in a primary health care setting it must have asolidfoundation.
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These uprights rest onsolidfoundationblocks inside of which they are anchored, for added stability.
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We assume that the toddler's attainment of these developmental landmarks forms asolidfoundationfor later continued healthy social functioning.
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As he hypothesizes, this may well have provided asolidfoundationfor post-war internationalism.
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Nevertheless, the book provides asolidfoundationfor social construction and should be considered as a valuable work of reference.
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This unusually thorough introduction establishes asolidfoundationfor the more detailed discussions that will follow.
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This information is determinant for correct preliminary design, and the generation ofsolidfoundationand a common reference to specific design tasks.
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Taken together, however, the target article and commentary do provide asolidfoundationfor further research.
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In the end, all of these chapters do seem to work well together and create asolidfoundationwhich is also enabling of comparative analysis.
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The value of having asolidfoundationof normative data obtained and analyzed in the same way as patient data cannot be overemphasized.
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More precise data are needed for building asolidfoundationfor detailed analyses of long-term fitness consequences of complex metabolic networks.
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But it was not an oppositon that was unanimous or even based on asolidfoundation.
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The functional treatment of operating system structures provides asolidfoundationfor their specification, modelling, simulation, and verification.
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This will require empirical study, but the large body of research on design psychology and design processes provides asolidfoundation.
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These first four chapters provide asolidfoundationfor the ensuing discussion of children's acquisition of language.
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A value of the book is that the proposed typology provides asolidfoundationfor future empirical investigation.
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I think one may be able to get conclusions there that provide a moresolidfoundationfor the discussion of weak instruments, which is an important applied topic.
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For without an understanding of the background and of the conditions which led to this catastrophe it will not be possible to begin reconstruction on asolidfoundation.
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It is assumed that the structurally compact linear language is the product of abstract thinking and, in return, facilitates abstract thinking and forms asolidfoundationof formal logic.
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