{
  "id": "base.foundation",
  "term": "base",
  "sense": "foundation",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "everyday",
  "domain": "common",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a part of a thing that is ordered to support other parts",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "part.relation",
      "structure.arrangement",
      "order.arrangement",
      "others.distinct-entities",
      "support.assistance"
    ],
    "interaction": "the part is arranged in a narrow pattern of order and positioned to bear others, maintaining their place through contact",
    "novel_properties": [
      "hierarchical dependence",
      "spatial anchoring",
      "structural priority"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Burj Khalifa's reinforced concrete foundation supports 163 above-ground floors in Dubai.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Mitochondria provide ATP energy that sustains all human cell operations.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 1951 Treaty of San Francisco established the legal basis for U.S. military presence in Japan.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "part.relation",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a base is a part"
    },
    {
      "id": "support.assistance",
      "type": "enables",
      "note": "a base enables support of other parts"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "base",
    "based",
    "bases",
    "basing"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "definition",
      "note": "added missing constitutive concepts to components; definition was correct but record was lazy"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-base.foundation"
}