Noun founding has 1 sense
  1. initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration - 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"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
    --1 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
    --1 has particulars: authorship, paternity
    Derived forms: verb found1, verb found2
,Verb found has 3 senses
  1. establish, set up, found, launch - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
    --1 is one way to open, open up
    Derived forms: noun foundation2, noun founder2, noun founding1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
    --2 is one way to initiate, pioneer
    Derived forms: noun foundation7, noun founder2, noun founding1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
    Derived forms: noun foundation1, noun foundation3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
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