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founding

founding

100 4.0
The act of starting an organization for the first time, like a company or school
  • noun
  • /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/
: fundación
  • The Founding Agreement between NATO and Russia is a good omen for the future.
  • founding era

That's why it was popular in the Enlightenment and around the founding of of America.

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Examples

  • They also are the founding partner of the campaign.

  • And that's going to be our base for all the founding friends, because why not?

  • And Richard Petty is one of those founding members of our, of our race team.

  • You write this article as if you know better than our Founding Fathers.

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  • My life hasn't always been like this, you know, like I think that founding two companies helps.

  • That's the struggle over the founding of the United Nations.

  • Notable amongst them were the founding of endowed grammar schools.

  • We believe the principles and ideas of the American Founding are worth conserving and renewing.

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  • Joining me now to discuss Robert Barnes, founding attorney of Barnes Law.

  • The founding of the new school was celebrated with a large ceremony.

Synonyms

creation
vsfounding
342 1.8

The act of making something new

emphasizes establishing organizations rather than any act of making
formation
vsfounding
114 3.3

The act of starting or creating something

highlights the single first act of starting an organization
introduction
vsfounding
71 1.6

The start of using something new

focuses on making institutions rather than simply putting things into use
establishment
vsfounding
58 4.1

The act of starting something new, like a company or project

is about the initial act of starting rather than later confirmation
beginning
vsfounding
30 1.0

Something that is at the first stage of a process

is specifically the act of creating an organization for the first time
genesis
vsfounding
27 7.6

The start of something and how it began

centres on the act of establishing rather than long term origins
initiation
vsfounding
20 4.7

The act of beginning something such as a project

is specifically about creating an organization rather than starting a process
startup
vsfounding
13 3.4

The act of starting a machine, process, or system

concerns creating institutions for the first time rather than machines
foundation
vsfounding
10 4.0

The act of starting an organization or institution for the first time

is the general act of starting things, not limited to organizations
origination
vsfounding
5 6.3

The time when something begins or is made

is narrower, centring on starting institutions for the first time
constitution
vsfounding
1 4.3

The act of officially starting a group or organization

focuses on starting an entity rather than on its internal rules
inauguration
vsfounding
1 6.5

To start a new system or policy in an organization

is the general act of establishing, not the public ceremony or launch
instauration
vsfounding
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A time when something new starts, like a new government or school

is broader and covers any initial establishment beyond mere introduction

Antonyms

termination
  • Formal
63 4.7

The act of ending something, like a job or contract

dissolution
  • Formal
22 6.8

The official ending of a group like a partnership or parliament

Compounds

50 7.0

A person who helped create the United States by writing the Constitution in 1787

A man who starts an important organization or country

A day each year when an organization celebrates the date it began

How Established

consolidation
45 5.5
establishment
58 4.1
founding
100 4.0
start
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

founding singular
foundings plural

Morphology

founding = found (transparent) = found + ing

Derived directly from the verb 'found' with the nominalizing '-ing' meaning 'the act of establishing', which is a standard and easily understood formation.

Etymology

Founding comes from an old Latin root fund-, from fundus which means 'bottom' or 'base'. Think of foundation, which uses the same root; to found something is to lay its base, so founding means starting or establishing an organization or institution.