"footing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfʊtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-footing.ogg [US] Forms: footings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊtɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fotyng}} Middle English fotyng, {{suffix|en|foot|ing}} foot + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} footing (countable and uncountable, plural footings)
  1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a ground for the foot): опора (opora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fodfæste [neuter] (Danish), Halt [masculine] (German), Grundlage [feminine] (German), Basis [feminine] (German), fester Stand [masculine] (German), πάτημα (pátima) [neuter] (Greek), опо́ра для ног (opóra dlja nog) [feminine] (Russian), fotfäste [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-aB6gsXZJ Disambiguation of 'a ground for the foot': 87 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 4 0
  2. A standing; position; established place; foothold. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a standing; position; established place; basis for operation): Standbein [neuter] (German), feste Basis [feminine] (German), Position [feminine] (German), alapok [plural] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-Wk8kxvRD Disambiguation of 'a standing; position; established place; basis for operation': 5 66 2 2 2 11 2 1 1 1 5 2
  3. A relative condition; state. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a relative condition; state): Basis [feminine] (German), Zustand [masculine] (German), helyzet (Hungarian), státusz (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-C-zS7ekx Disambiguation of 'a relative condition; state': 1 1 90 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
  4. (dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Translations (a tread; step; especially, measured tread): Schritt [masculine] (German), Gang [masculine] (German), lépés (Hungarian), léptek (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-zQn2luj9 Disambiguation of 'a tread; step; especially, measured tread': 4 2 1 76 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 1
  5. (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-l1a6olwl
  6. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (stability or balance when standing on one's feet): fodfæste [neuter] (Danish), Halt [masculine] (German), egyensúly (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-KtTZE9Va Disambiguation of "stability or balance when standing on one's feet": 8 6 1 1 2 71 4 2 1 1 2 2
  7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-t9HttVaX
  8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-eTj-IogX
  9. A narrow cotton lace, without figures. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-~UA-lC0u
  10. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-DkKCXFSM
  11. (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture, Engineering
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-5EHDWSpt Topics: architecture, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  12. (accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-footing-en-noun-V9uSYviV Topics: accounting, business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: first footing, footing beam, footing course, on an equal footing, on equal footing, pay one's footing, war footing, wartime footing

Verb

IPA: /ˈfʊtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-footing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʊtɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fotyng}} Middle English fotyng, {{suffix|en|foot|ing}} foot + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} footing
  1. present participle and gerund of foot Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: foot
    Sense id: en-footing-en-verb-foEaGwOQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 2 2 10 17 16 4 1 1 8 9 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 7 7 6 3 8 13 12 4 3 3 8 8 19

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          "ref": "2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport",
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