found
1to set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence: to found a new publishing company.
to lay the lowest part of (a structure) on a firm base or ground: a house founded on solid rock.
to base or ground (usually followed by on or upon): a story founded on fact.
to provide a basis or ground for.
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Other definitions for found (2 of 3)
simple past tense and past participle of find.
equipped, outfitted, or furnished: He bought a new boat, fully found.
provided or furnished without additional charge, as to a tenant; included within the price, rent, etc. (often used postpositively): Room to let, laundry found.
something that is provided or furnished without charge, especially meals given a domestic: Maid wanted, good salary and found.
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2Other definitions for found (3 of 3)
to melt and pour (metal, glass, etc.) into a mold.
to form or make (an article) of molten material in a mold; cast.
Origin of found
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How to use found in a sentence
Carl Sandler, who founded Mister in 2012, previously founded Daddyhunt.com and worked at Gay.com.
EURO was founded by David Duke, the ex-Klansman who ran for Louisiana governor in 1991.
The United States was not founded as a Christian nation, no matter how many zealots wish it had been.
Founded by German monks in present-day Old Town Stockholm, Zum Franziskaner has become a legend amongst locals and tourists.
The man—a Democrat—who founded the Carlyle Group explains why he gives it away.
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementDr. Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, founded the secret society of the illuminati.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe formula for the date of its foundation in 1636 may be thus expressed—Harvard College founded; the chum age .
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The Ashmolean museum, at Oxford, England, founded for the purpose of receiving the antiquary's "twelve cartloads of rarities."
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSo the courts abandoned the rule founded on the part payment of the purchase price.
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British Dictionary definitions for found (1 of 3)
/ (faʊnd) /
the past tense and past participle of find
furnished, or fitted out: the boat is well found
British with meals, heating, bed linen, etc, provided without extra charge (esp in the phrase all found)
British Dictionary definitions for found (2 of 3)
/ (faʊnd) /
(tr) to bring into being, set up, or establish (something, such as an institution, society, etc)
(tr) to build or establish the foundation or basis of
(also intr; foll by on or upon) to have a basis (in); depend (on)
Origin of found
2British Dictionary definitions for found (3 of 3)
/ (faʊnd) /
to cast (a material, such as metal or glass) by melting and pouring into a mould
to shape or make (articles) in this way; cast
Origin of found
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