Founding

//ˈfaʊndɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The establishment of something.

    "the founding of the republic"

  2. 2
    the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of found form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded. not-comparable

    "The founding fathers of our country."

Synonyms

All synonyms
castingcreationengravingestablishmentformationfoundation

Example

More examples

"And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. They have fought in our wars, served in government, stood for civil rights, started businesses, taught at our Universities, excelled in our sports arenas, won Nobel Prizes, built our tallest building, and lit the Olympic Torch."

Related phrases

founding fatherfounding memberfounding mother

More for "founding"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.