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A relation that provides the foundation for something
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footing
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Footed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Footing .] To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. --Dryden. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. --Shak.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE equal ▪ It was not until 1923 that the sexes, on this ground, were placed on an equal footing . ▪ Buthelezi had repeatedly insisted on a meeting with Mandela on an equal footing and in his capacity as head of Inkatha. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The word footing has a number of meanings: Architecture, Foundation (architecture) Translation Science, Footing (translation theory) Bookkeeping, Footing (bookkeeping) Sexuality, Footing (sexual act) Jogging
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing" [syn: terms ] a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., "a base, foundation;" late 14c., "position of the feet on the ground, stance," a gerundive formation from foot (n.). Figurative meaning "firm or secure position" is from 1580s; that of "condition on which anything is established" is from 1650s. ...
Usage examples of footing.
There, Rienadre, Denalle, and Nylan struggled to remove the silty and clay-filled soil, at least enough to provide footings for the crude retaining wall that would, Nylan hoped, form the millpond.
He then sketched the footings on both sides of the river, well back from the verge.
It worked out by the end of that day that the Terrans would cut timber for the footings on their side of the river, the Hrrubans on theirs.
The logs for the footings were lifted into position by Hrrubans wearing protective hide gloves.
After an arbitrary pause, the Hrrubans filled in the dirt around the footings and turned to the first of the span logs.
There's a hell of a lot of mass coming down out there, and the footings don't have to actually turn to impart that kind of motion.
And, finally, we had on-site supervisors who were responsible for spot-checking the footings after they were in.
Charlie crouched on his belly in the bottom of the boat grabbing at anything that looked grabable, then inched his way past the footings for the mast.
Under each table was a full meter of reinforced concrete footings.
The old retaining wall lay beneath the nineteenth-century footings, and the hole near its base was clearly part of an earlier structure.