underpinning
pronunciation
How to pronounce underpinning in British English:
UK [ˌʌndəˈpɪnɪŋ]
How to pronounce underpinning in American English:
US [ˌʌndərˈpɪnɪŋ]
Word Origin
- underpinning (n.)
- late 15c., "action of supporting or strengthening from beneath," from under + present participle of pin (v.). Figurative sense of "prop, support" is recorded from 1580s.
Example
- 1. Underpinning resilience in china 's labor markets are profound demographic changes .
- 2. Harrington 's book became an underpinning for the war on poverty .
- 3. China has used its currency reserves to buy $ 27 billion in japanese bonds and other securities this year , underpinning the yen 's rise , and raising concerns in japan .
- 4. There are other factors underpinning valuations .
- 5. These two tenets were the indispensable theoretical underpinning of the 1920s bull market .