footing
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footing
- /ˈfʊtɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ʊtɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.
noun footings
- A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.
- A standing; position; established place; foothold. As soon, however, as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner […] made him a favorite.
- A relative condition; state. [L]ived on a footing of equality with nobles.
- A tread; step; especially, a measured tread. Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
- A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail. The Monster swift as word, that from her went, Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace[…].
- Stability or balance when standing on one's feet. He lost his footing and fell down.
- Mental stability or balance. It's a lot for anybody to go through. But, while the others took weeks - hell, even months - to get used to everything, myself included, you found your footing in a matter of days.
- The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.
- The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot the footing of a stocking
- Foundation or basis for further advancement or development. The subsidy gives the organization a firm footing.
- A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
- The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
- A double-check of the numbers vertically.
verb
- present participle and gerund of foot
