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Founding — Found ing, n. The art of smelting and casting metals. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
founding — [[t]fa͟ʊndɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Founding means relating to the starting of a particular institution or organization. → See also found The committee held its founding congress in the capital, Riga... He is founding director of The Conservation… … English dictionary
Founding — Found Found, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. Whereof to found their engines. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Founding — Found Found, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st {Bottom}, and cf. {Founder}, v. i., {Fund}.] 1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
founding — Process of pouring molten metal into a mold. When the metal solidifies, the result is a casting, a metal object conforming to that shape. Multitudinous metal objects are molded at some point during their manufacture. Modern foundries capable of… … Universalium
founding — 1. noun The action of the verb to found. 2. adjective Who or that founds or found. The founding fathers of our country … Wiktionary
founding — adj. Founding is used with these nouns: ↑charter, ↑director, ↑document, ↑editor, ↑meeting, ↑member, ↑partner, ↑president, ↑principle … Collocations dictionary
founding — found|ing [ˈfaundıŋ] n [singular] the establishment of an organization, business, school etc = ↑foundation ▪ the founding of the African National Congress in 1912 … Dictionary of contemporary English
founding father — found·ing fa·ther n often cap both Fs: a leading figure in the founding of the U.S.; specif: a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. founding father … Law dictionary
founding father — n someone who begins something such as a new way of thinking, or a new organization founding father of ▪ Saint Basil, one of the founding fathers of the Greek Orthodox Church … Dictionary of contemporary English
