Meaning of Footing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
   countable, uncountable
2. A standing; position; established place; foothold.
   countable, uncountable
3. A relative condition; state.
   countable, uncountable
4. A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
   countable, dated, uncountable
5. A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
   countable, rare, uncountable
6. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
   countable, uncountable
7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
   countable, uncountable
8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
   countable, uncountable
9. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
   countable, uncountable
10. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
    countable, uncountable
11. The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
    countable, uncountable
12. A double-check of the numbers vertically.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In ascents, every step gained is a footing and help to the next.”

“As soon, however, as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner […] made him a favorite.”

“While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status[…] the state’s most-powerful sectors[…]have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil.”

“[L]ived on a footing of equality with nobles.”

“Hark, I hear the footing of a man.”

“The Monster swift as word, that from her went, Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace[…].”

“A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.”

“So he marched his army along the river with seven legions, little less than four thousand horse, and as many light-armed soldiers, and the scouts returning declared that not one man appeared, but that they saw the footing of a great many horses which seemed to be retiring in flight, whereupon Crassus conceived great hopes, and the Romans began to despise the Parthians, as men that would not come to combat, hand to hand.”

“He lost his footing and fell down.”

“It was difficult to keep my footing on the ship during the storm.”

“Terry lost his footing to allow Van Persie to race clear for Arsenal's fourth after 85 minutes before the Netherlands striker completed a second treble against Chelsea by hammering his third past Petr Cech deep into stoppage time.”

“The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper.”

“the footing of a stocking”

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