Associations to the word «Founding»

Wiktionary

FOUNDING, verb. Present participle of found
FOUNDING, noun. The action of the verb to found; the establishment of something.
FOUNDING, adjective. Who or that founds or found.
FOUNDING FATHER, noun. A man who founded something.
FOUNDING FATHER, noun. (chiefly US) One of the men who was responsible for the founding of the United States of America. Chiefly used to refer to political leaders who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and to military leaders who fought in the American Revolutionary War
FOUNDING FATHERS, noun. Plural of Founding Father
FOUNDING FATHERS, noun. Plural of founding father
FOUNDING MEMBER, noun. A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.
FOUNDING MEMBERS, noun. Plural of founding member

Dictionary definition

FOUNDING, noun. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope