Plural of underpinning

Forms of underpinning

Underpinnings in a sentence

• As part of genoframe we have identified the genetic underpinnings of the driver neurons.2015 September 29, “Control of Neuronal Network in Caenorhabditis elegans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry genoframe
• This year's earnings performance has knocked the underpinnings from the price of this former glamor issue.1961, Financial World, volume 116, page 38. From the entry glamor issue
• Finally, khavershaft highlighted internal networks of trust and solidarity that were important underpinnings of communities, especially for Bundist immigrants.2024, Naomi Hemstreet, “Jewish Immigrants in Argentina: The Bund as a Transnational Connection”, in Young Historians Conference, page 5. From the entry Bundist
• Metamodernism's genealogy and its earliest ideological underpinnings are contested.2018, William B. Parsons, Being Spiritual but Not Religious: Past, Present, Future(s), Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry metamodernism
• I address the ideological underpinnings of this 'Sunniphobia' in Chapter 5, as part of the discussion of the structural problems of the US counter-insurgency campaign.2005, Ahmed Hashim, Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq, Cornell University Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry Sunniphobia

Meaning of underpinning

1. noun A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall.
2. noun A basis for something.
3. noun The lower body or legs.

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Questions about the plural of underpinning

What is the plural of underpinning?

The plural of underpinning is underpinnings.

Is underpinning countable?

Underpinning is a countable noun.