Footing - English meaning

noun

An area off the coast which is suitable for a ship to anchor.

Usage examples:

Nato navies need to ensure they can deploy safely from home ports, on passage to operating areas, a…

proper noun

The largest city in alaska, a seaport on an inlet of the pacific ocean; population 279,243 (est. 2008).

noun

A place where a boat is or can be anchored

Usage examples:

The bay is well known as a safe anchorage.

noun

An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.

Usage examples:

She lost her balance and fell

verb

Put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.

Usage examples:

A mug that she balanced on her knee

noun

Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

noun

The underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process.

Usage examples:

Trust is the only basis for a good working relationship

noun

The most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something is developed

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Form the basis for this document will form the basis for our discussion., on the basis of decisions…

noun

A way or method of doing something

Usage examples:

On a voluntary basis most of our staff work for us on a voluntary basis (= they work without being …

noun

An important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based.

Usage examples:

A national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy

noun

A large stone near the base of a building where two walls meet, often giving information about the building and sometimes put in position with a ceremony

Usage examples:

A large group of officials attended a cornerstone laying at that new plant., funds for the school s…

noun

A stone in a corner of a building, especially one with the date when the building was made or other writing on it

noun

A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.

Usage examples:

The task is the maintenance of social equilibrium

noun

A state of balance

Usage examples:

He devised a mathematical method to prove the existence of equilibrium among prices, production, an…

noun

A situation in which an economy is balanced and not experiencing large changes, for example when the number of goods that people want to buy is similar to the number of goods being offered

Usage examples:

Equilibrium between sth and sth raising the prices we charge the consumer would enable us to raise …

noun

A place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them securely, especially while climbing.

Usage examples:

Twice she had to stop to rest, her arms trembling with the strain, locking her feet into semi-secur…

noun

A place where you can safely put your feet, esp. when climbing

Usage examples:

She searched desperately for a foothold in the steep rock., in buying their business, the company g…

noun

A strong first position in a market, industry, etc. from which further progress can be made

Usage examples:

Give sth a foothold (in sth) the merger gives the company a stronger presence in asia and a foothol…

noun

The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.

Usage examples:

Foundations were being dug for a block of flats

noun

The base that is built below the surface of the ground to support a building

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A concrete foundation, fig. the two leaders have laid the foundations of a new era of cooperation b…

noun

An organization that has been started in order to provide money for a particular group of people or for a particular type of research

Usage examples:

He gave £1m to set up a charitable foundation to help vulnerable young people., he helped lead the …

verb

Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.

Usage examples:

His knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel

noun

A firm hold; a tight grasp.

Usage examples:

His arm was held in a vice-like grip

verb

Hold fast or firmly

verb

Grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.

Usage examples:

She was holding a brown leather suitcase

noun

An act or manner of grasping something; a grip.

Usage examples:

He caught hold of her arm

noun

A large compartment or space in the lower part of a ship or aircraft in which cargo is stowed.

Usage examples:

Oversized baggage is placed in the hold of the plane

verb

Acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.

Usage examples:

Mr gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for £1,500

noun

The action of buying something.

Usage examples:

The large number of videos currently available for purchase

noun

Acquire by means of a financial transaction

noun

The state of being stable.

Usage examples:

There are fears for the political stability of the area

noun

The state of being firmly fixed or not likely to move or change

Usage examples:

Economic and political stability, i’m worried about his mental stability.

noun

A situation in which something such as an economy, company, or system can continue in a regular and successful way without unexpected changes

Usage examples:

There are fears over the stability of the banking system., economic/political/financial stability, …

noun

The quality not shaking or moving.

Usage examples:

I admire the steadiness of her hands

noun

Behaviour that is reasonable and shows good judgment, so that people trust you

Usage examples:

Strength, steadiness, and sang-froid are essential traits for a president., he displayed steadiness…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

noun

A small place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them, especially while climbing.

Usage examples:

Michael stood below him, placing the young climber's feet into the toeholds afforded by the sheer r…

noun

A starting point in a job or other opportunity from which you can advance

Usage examples:

The young person who gets a toehold in that business will do well.

noun

An opportunity to start doing something small that may lead to bigger and better opportunities in the future

Usage examples:

To gain/get a toehold in sth with their new electronic products they have gained a toehold in an in…

noun

A solid foundation laid below ground level to support or strengthen a building.

Usage examples:

All this will provide a solid underpinning for housing.

verb

Support (a building or other structure) from below by laying a solid foundation below ground level or by substituting stronger for weaker materials.

noun

Something that provides support for something, or that is the starting point from which something can develop

Usage examples:

A strong opening on wall street provided a firm underpinning for the ftse 100.