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founding

/ˈfaʊ̯ndɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Founding means: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.

Synonyms for founding8

noun, as in the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

initiation, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration

What does founding mean?1

noun

1

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new“she looked forward to her initiation as an adult”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with founding?9

two syllables

soundingpoundingroundinggrounding

three syllables

surroundingastoundingcompoundingresoundingrebounding
Show 40 near rhymes
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Founding in a sentence

  • Founding your life on illusions is like building a house on a swamp.szaby78
  • India's founding fathers dreamed of a secular state.Amastan
  • The band took its name from the first initials of the founding members.CM
  • So massive was the labor of founding the Roman line.carlosalberto
  • He has been involved in politics since the founding of Algeria.Amastan
  • It was here that the founding of the Algerian republic was declared.Amastan
  • Modi, a Hindu nationalist, wants to tear India away from its founding principles.Amastan
  • Algeria is a founding member of the African Union.Amastan

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Forms of founding

as a noun

plural
foundings