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founding

verb
/ˈfaʊ̯ndɪŋ/US/ˈfaʊ̯ndiŋ/

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of found

    • 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.

  2. The establishment of something.

    • the founding of the republic
    • Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?

  3. Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.

    • The founding fathers of our country.

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