Foundation
Foundation noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.
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Synonyms for Foundation
Prelude and foundation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prelude" instead a noun "Foundation".
Prelude
Prelude noun - A performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event.
Foundation and prelude are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foundation" instead a noun "Prelude".
Nearby Words: preluded, preluding
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Related pairs
- origin and foundation
- origin and prelude
- creation and foundation
- creation and prelude
- start and foundation
- start and prelude
- premise and foundation
- premise and prelude
- opening and foundation
- opening and prelude
- groundwork and foundation
- groundwork and prelude
- origination and foundation
- origination and prelude
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Prelude to Foundation chronicles the youth of Hari Seldon and contains further explicit ties to the Robot series.
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Prelude to Foundation (that deals with a young Seldon) describes it as almost sacrilege to think of him outside of that chair.
Source: Squishy Wizard - In Prelude to Foundation, Eto Demerzel is Cleon's Chief of Staff, a troubleshooter who advises the emperor, but whom few people know about or have ever seen.
Source: Literature / Foundation
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Prelude and Foundation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/foundation/prelude
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