lay+the+foundation+of
1lay the foundation — index build (construct), initiate, plan, plant (place firmly) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2lay the foundation of — index generate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3lay the foundation for — index originate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4lay the foundation — Synonyms and related words: base, blaze the trail, break the ice, build, build in, clear the way, cultivate the soil, establish, fix, found, go in advance, ground, install, invest, lay the groundwork, open the way, pave the way, pitch, plant,… …
5lay a foundation — The act of demonstrating to a judge that a piece of evidence a litigant would like to introduce meets evidence rules requirements concerning authenticity and trustworthiness. For example, a medical report cannot be introduced unless the physician …
6lay the foundation for — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. construct, put up, fabricate; see build 1 , create 2 , form 1 …
7lay a foundation — verb a) To elicit information from a witness to show that the witness has knowledge of a matter before the witness testifies to the matter itself. In order to lay a foundation for the witness to describe the murder, the prosecutor first had to… …
8lay the groundwork — verb To create a foundation; to provide the basics or fundamentals. The introductory mathematics courses will lay the groundwork for all your subsequent engineering studies …
9lay the foundations — put the foundation in place …
10The Thirty Years War — The Thirty Years War † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War (1618 48), though pre eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe, not only because nearly all… …
