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FOUNDING

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• FOUNDING (noun)
The noun FOUNDING has 1 sense:

1. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Familiarity information: FOUNDING used as a noun is very rare.

• FOUNDING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

founding; instauration; initiation; origination; innovation; creation; institution; foundation; introduction

Context examples:

she looked forward to her initiation as an adult / the foundation of a new scientific society / he regards the fork as a modern introduction

Hypernyms ("founding" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "founding"):

authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)

"If you're in a hole, stop digging."
(English proverb)
"Can you live with the heart of a rabbit?"
(Albanian proverb)
"Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market."
(Arabic proverb)
"Let sleeping dogs lie."
(Dutch proverb)

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