founding

«founding» in Mova's school dictionary: Starting or creating a city, school, company or group — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the founding); adjective (founding); also the -ing form of found (to start)

meaning for a pupil

1) Starting or creating a city, school, company or group. tree →

2) (adjective) Being one of the first members or starters: «a founding member». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons: «the founding of Rome», «the founding of the school». «Founding fathers» names the people who started a country, especially the USA. «Founding member» of a club is one of its first members.

examples

• We learned about the founding of the city. tree →
• She was a founding member of the book club. tree →
• The school celebrated its founding. tree →
• The Founding Fathers wrote the US Constitution. tree →
• The founding of the hospital helped many people. tree →
• He is founding a new football team. tree →
• The following is the legendary account of the founding of Thebes:-- tree →

note

From the verb found, founded (to start) — not from find, found (past of find). Trap: «founded» is the past of found (start); «found» is the past of find.

In the corpora

• Kyiv's traditional founding date is AD 482, which makes it 1,544 years old in 2026; the date comes from old stories.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «founding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.