# founding

Pronunciation: say "FOWN-ding" /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Describing the person, group, or act that establishes or starts an organization, institution, or movement.
   - Simple: Being the person or group that started a company, club, or country.
   - _The founding charter set out the colony's basic laws._
   - _Several founding figures of the movement later disagreed about its direction._

## Noun

2. The act of establishing or setting up something, such as an organization or a settlement.
   - Simple: The act of starting or setting up something, like a company or a city.
   - _The founding of the republic followed years of revolution._
   - _Historians dispute the exact date of the museum's founding._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of found. — present participle and gerund of found
   - Simple: Present participle of found. Use this -ing form for the action of starting something.
   - _The committee is founding a research institute next year._
   - _Founding the colony required royal approval._

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