noun
Meaning 1
The action of the verb fund.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
funding
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfʌndɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌndɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: F AH1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Money provided as funds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The council is providing funding to the church to repair the roof.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of fund
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of financing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: financing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: finance
noun
Meaning 5
financial resources provided to make some project possible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the foundation provided support for the experiment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: support, financial support, backing, financial backing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resource
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: finançament — money provided as funds
- Chinese Mandarin: 資金 /资金 (zījīn) — money provided as funds
- Chinese Mandarin: 融資 /融资 (róngzī) — money provided as funds
- Chinese Mandarin: 經費 /经费 (jīngfèi) — money provided as funds
- Danish: midler — money provided as funds
- Danish: bevilling — money provided as funds
- Dutch: financiering — money provided as funds
- Finnish: rahoitus — money provided as funds
- French: financement — money provided as funds
- German: Finanzierung — money provided as funds
- Irish: maoiniú — money provided as funds
- Italian: finanziamento — money provided as funds
- Japanese: 資金 (shikin) — money provided as funds
- Japanese: 融資 (yūshi) — money provided as funds
- Malay: dana — money provided as funds
- Norwegian Bokmål: finansiering — money provided as funds
- Norwegian Nynorsk: finansiering — money provided as funds
- Polish: finansowanie — money provided as funds
- Polish: fundowanie — money provided as funds
- Portuguese: financiamento — money provided as funds
- Russian: финанси́рование (finansírovanije) — money provided as funds
- Spanish: financiación — money provided as funds
- Spanish: financiamiento — money provided as funds
- Spanish: fondos — money provided as funds
- Swedish: finansiering — money provided as funds
Real reading context