Footing

/ˈfʊtɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on..

Definitions by Sense

1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
2. A standing; position; established place; foothold.
3. A relative condition; state.
4. (dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
5. (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
6. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot

Example Sentences

In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.

As soon, however, as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner […] made him a favorite.

While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status[…] the state’s most-powerful sectors[…]have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil.

[L]ived on a footing of equality with nobles.

Hark, I hear the footing of a man.

The Monster swift as word, that from her went, Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace[…].

A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.

So he marched his army along the river with seven legions, little less than four thousand horse, and as many light-armed soldiers, and the scouts returning declared that not one man appeared, but that they saw the footing of a great many horses which seemed to be retiring in flight, whereupon Crassus conceived great hopes, and the Romans began to despise the Parthians, as men that would not come to combat, hand to hand.

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