founding

/ˈfaʊndɪŋ/

/ˈfaʊndɪŋ/

Other forms: foundings

Founding is the act of starting something new. If you're a founding member of your school's science club, you were one of the people who got the club off the ground. Well done.

In American history, the founding fathers were political leaders like George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. They were instrumental in establishing American independence from British rule. If you start something such as a newspaper, website, or literary magazine, you're the founding editor. And if you ask people to play music with you and they do, you might just be the founding member of a band.

Definitions of founding

1. noun

   the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
   synonyms: creation, foundation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination

   types:

   authorship, paternity

   the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing

   type of:

   beginning, commencement, start

   the act of starting something