| 单词 | founding |
| 释义 | founding (once / 1103 pages) n Founding is the act of starting something new. The founding of The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, a boarding school for girls in South Africa, was possible because of Oprah's massive donation of money toward the cause. A founder is someone responsible for founding or getting something started. In American history, the Founding Fathers were responsible for establishing the Declaration of Independence in 1776. These political leaders, including George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, were instrumental in initiating, or founding American Independence. WORD FAMILYfounding: foundings+/find: finder, finding, finds, found/finder: finders/finding: findings/found: foundation, founded, foundedly, founder, founding, founds/foundation: foundations/founded: unfounded/founder: foundered, foundering, founders/foundering: founderings/unfounded: unfoundedly USAGE EXAMPLESEdinburgh's Festivals are to benefit from £300,000 in extra funding to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their founding. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) But the founding families still dominate almost all the conglomerates, in part, critics say, because of lax enforcement of corporate governance and tax laws. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “It looks like a Google story,” said Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Search Engine Land, a web search news site. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) n the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new Syn|Hypo|Hyper creation, foundation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination authorship, paternity the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing beginning, commencement, start the act of starting something |
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