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Noun founding has 1 sense
- initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
--1 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
--1 has particulars: authorship, paternity
Verb found has 3 senses
- establish, set up, found, launch - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
--1 is one way to open, open up
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Somebody ----s something
- establish, found, plant, constitute, institute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
--2 is one way to initiate, pioneer
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Somebody ----s something
- establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
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Somebody ----s something PP
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