founding
noun
- action of creating an organization or other entity intended to endure
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊ̯ndɪŋ/ / /ˈfaʊ̯ndiŋ/ / /ˈfæʊ̯ndɪŋ/
adj
- Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.
“The founding fathers of our country.”
noun
- The establishment of something.
“the founding of the republic”
“Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?”
verb
- present participle and gerund of found
“So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.”