footingnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈfʊt.ɪŋ/us/ˈfʊt̬.ɪŋ/footing noun [ S ] (FEET)
the fact of standing firmly on a slope or other dangerous surface:
I lost/missed my footing and fell.
It was a struggle just to keep my footing.
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Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- four
- plop
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit back
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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Mountaineering & rock climbing
footing noun [ S ] (SITUATION)
the way in which something operates and the set of conditions that influences it:
New leadership is needed to return the company to a better financial footing.
be on an equal, firm, etc. footing
to be in an equal, safe, etc. situation:
Men and women should be able to compete for jobs on an equal footing.
be on a war footing
to be ready or preparing to fight a war:
The country was on a war footing last night after the most devastating terrorist attack in history.
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Situations and circumstances
- affair
- backdrop
- background
- case
- circumstance
- climate
- condition
- farce
- going
- matrix
- perfect storm
- picture
- position
- practicality
- scheme
- situation
- snapshot
- stake
- the scheme of things idiom
- thing
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Being based on or depending on something