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footing

[ foot-ing ]

noun

  1. the basis or foundation on which anything is established.
  2. the act of one who moves on foot, as in walking or dancing.
  3. a secure and established position.
  4. a place or support for the feet; foot; surface to stand on; foothold.
  5. a firm placing of the feet; foot; stability:

    He regained his footing.

  6. Building Trades, Civil Engineering. the part of a foundation bearing directly upon the earth.
  7. position or status assigned to a person, group, etc., in estimation or treatment.
  8. mutual standing; reciprocal relation:

    to be on a friendly footing with someone.

  9. entrance into a new position or relationship:

    to gain a footing in society.

  10. a fee demanded from a person upon entrance into a trade, society, etc.
  11. the act of adding a foot to something, as to a stocking.
  12. that which is added as a foot.
  13. the act of adding up a column of figures.
  14. the total of such a column.


footing

/ 藞蹿蕣迟瑟艐 /

noun

  1. the basis or foundation on which something is established

    the business was on a secure footing

  2. the relationship or status existing between two persons, groups, etc

    the two countries were on a friendly footing

  3. a secure grip by or for the feet
  4. the lower part of a foundation of a column, wall, building, etc
    1. the act of adding a column of figures
    2. the total obtained
  5. rare.
    a fee paid upon entrance into a craft, society, etc, or such an entrance itself
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of footing1

Middle English word dating back to 1350鈥1400; foot, -ing 1
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But on the shifting political ground, Conservatives appeared to struggle to find their footing, pivoting their message from Canada being broken to "Canada First".

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And while James鈥 ramp-up after his injury return included a clunker in Orlando and a buzzer-beater in Chicago, the team quickly found its footing in good wins against Houston and in Memphis and Oklahoma City.

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Or should he give his offense more time to find its footing, and hope his bottom-half hitters began heating up at the plate?

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Today, Scunthorpe has an air of a town returning to a war footing; a community fighting to keep the coke ovens burning, with 2,700 jobs and its identity etched into steel at stake.

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Tinubu's government has in the past defended its economic policies saying that the president was aiming to put the country on a stable footing in the long term.

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