What does underpinning mean?
Underpinning means present participle and gerund of underpin.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of underpin.
This house's underpinning is not up to standard.
Released were two singles that went nowhere fast; the third, "Early Morning Love" (#68, 1974), was a teasing male fantasy with a folkie feel and countrified pedal-steel guitar underpinnings.
I would like to know more about the underpinning of this political theory.
Other eras have had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own joke.
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
Use underpinning when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Underpinning means present participle and gerund of underpin.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This house's underpinning is not up to standard.
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