Founding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfaʊ̯ndɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Founding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of found.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of found.
More Meanings
- The establishment of something.
- Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.
Example Sentences
the founding of the republic
The founding fathers of our country.
Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?
So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.
Word Forms
- foundings
Synonyms for founding
Depending on context, synonyms include foundation, creation, initiation, instauration, origination, institution.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include initiation, foundation, institution, origination, creation, instauration.
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