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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#m1)

2) (adjective) Being one of the first members or starters: «a founding member». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x1)
- She was a founding member of the book club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x2)
- The school celebrated its founding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x3)
- The Founding Fathers wrote the US Constitution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x4)
- The founding of the hospital helped many people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x5)
- He is founding a new football team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x6)
- The following is the legendary account of the founding of Thebes:-- [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «founding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/founding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.