Collocations for foundation - noun

charitable, private
research

establish, set up, start
a charitable foundation established in 1983

foundation for
a private foundation for the arts

deep
concrete

dig, lay
Concrete foundations have been laid.

shake, undermine
The thunder seemed to shake the very foundations of the building.
They had dug too deep and undermined the foundations of the house.

stone
The foundation stone was laid in 1911.
In 1853 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of the new palace.

wall (AmE)

excellent, firm, good, secure, solid, sound, strong
shaky, weak
ideological, intellectual, moral, philosophical, political, scientific, theoretical
economic

build, create, form, lay, provide (sth with), set
This agreement laid a sound foundation for future cooperation between the two countries.

build on
We now have a firm foundation to build on.

rest on
The peace treaty rests on shaky foundations.

rock, shake, strike at, threaten, undermine
an event which rocked the foundations of British politics

destroy

course, year (both BrE)
The Fine Arts degree starts with a foundation year.

foundation for
to provide a solid foundation for democracy

rock sth to its foundations, shake sth to its foundations
The scandal rocked the legal establishment to its foundations.

the very foundation
He believes terrorism undermines the very foundations of our society.

have no
malicious gossip which has no foundation

without foundation
The rumours/rumors of his resignation are entirely without foundation.