footing
A ground for the footA ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
» Tom lost his footing and fell.
Том оступился и упал.
Meaning
14 senses(countable, uncountable)A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
Halt, Grundlage, Basis
опо́ра для ногopóra dlja nog
a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
(countable, uncountable)A standing; position; established place; foothold.
Standbein, feste Basis, Position
(countable, uncountable)A relative condition; state.
Basis, Zustand
(countable, dated, uncountable)A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
Schritt, Gang
(countable, rare, uncountable)A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
(countable, uncountable)Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
He lost his footing and fell down.
It was difficult to keep my footing on the ship during the storm.
Halt
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Mental stability or balance.
(countable, uncountable)The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
(countable, uncountable)The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
the footing of a stocking
(countable, uncountable)Foundation or basis for further advancement or development.
The subsidy gives the organization a firm footing.
(countable, uncountable)A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
(countable, uncountable)The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
Examples
34 sentencesTom lost his footing and fell.
ruТом оступился и упал.
Tom will be footing the bill.
Tom lost his footing and fell down the stairs.
ruТом оступился и упал с лестницы.
Tom lost his footing and fell off the ladder.
ruТом оступился и упал с лестницы.
Tom lost his footing and fell off the pier.
ruТом оступился и упал с пирса.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.
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Forms
plural: footingsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- lost his footing
- footing and fell
- his footing and