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footing

noun
/ˈfʊtɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.

  1. inherited from fotyng

Definitions

  1. A ground for the foot

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

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

  2. A standing

    A standing; position; established place; foothold.

    • 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.

  3. A relative condition

    A relative condition; state.

    • [L]ived on a footing of equality with nobles.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A tread

      A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.

      • Hark, I hear the footing of a man.

    2. A footprint or footprints

      A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.

      • 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.

    3. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.

      • He lost his footing and fell down.
      • It was difficult to keep my footing on the ship during the storm.
      • Terry lost his footing to allow Van Persie to race clear for Arsenal's fourth after 85 minutes before the Netherlands striker completed a second treble against Chelsea by hammering his third past Petr Cech deep into stoppage time.

    4. The act of adding up a column of figures

      The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

      • The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.

    5. The act of putting a foot to anything

      The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot

      • the footing of a stocking

    6. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

    7. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.

    8. The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot

      The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.

    9. A double-check of the numbers vertically.

    10. present participle and gerund of foot

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA