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Definition of 'found' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) found
equipped; outfitted:
a new boat, fully found.

2. (n.) found
free board and meals.

3. (v.t.) found
to establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence:
to found a new company.

4.  found
to lay the lowest part of (a structure) firmly:
a house founded on solid rock.

5.  found
to base; ground:
a story founded on fact.

6.  found
to provide a basis for.

7. (v.t.) found
to melt and pour (metal, glass, etc.) into a mold.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME fonden < MF fondre to melt, cast < L fundere to pour, melt, cast)

Definition of 'found' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) found
food and lodging provided in addition to money
"they worked for $30 and found"

2. (verb) found
come upon unexpectedly or after searching
"found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

3. (verb) establish, set up, found, launch
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"

4. (verb) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"

5. (verb) establish, base, ground, found
use as a basis for; found on
"base a claim on some observation"


Definition of 'found' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1.  found
the past tense and past participle of "find"

2. (verb) found
to start or create an organization
She founded the company in 1983.

3.  found
founded on
based on
The club's success is founded on close relationships with its members.


Definition of 'found' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) found
a thin, single-cut file for combmakers

2.  found
of Find

3.  found
imp. & p. p. of Find

4. (verb) found
to form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast

5. (verb) found
to lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly

6. (verb) found
to take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family


Translation of 'found' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to start or establish
The school was founded by the king.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stig Arabic flag Arabic: يُؤسِّس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: основавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fundar Czech flag Czech: zřídit, založit German flag German: gründen
Danish flag Danish: grundlægge; oprette Greek flag Greek: ιδρύω, θεμελιώνω Spanish flag Spanish: fundar
Estonian flag Estonian: rajama Farsi flag Farsi: تاسیس کردن Finnish flag Finnish: perustaa
French flag French: fonder Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְייַסֵד Hindi flag Hindi: स्थापना करना
Croatian flag Croatian: osnovati, utemeljiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: alapít Indonesian flag Indonesian: mendirikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stofna Italian flag Italian: fondare Japanese flag Japanese: 設立する
Korean flag Korean: 창설하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įkurti Latvian flag Latvian: dibināt; likt pamatus
Malay flag Malay: menubuhkan Dutch flag Dutch: strichten Norwegian flag Norwegian: grunnlegge, etablere, opp
Polish flag Polish: założyć, ufundować Persian flag Persian: تاسیس کردن Pashto flag Pashto: تاسیس کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fundar Romanian flag Romanian: aînfiinţa, a fonda Russian flag Russian: основывать
Slovak flag Slovak: založiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: ustanoviti Serbian flag Serbian: osnovati
Swedish flag Swedish: grunda, grundlägga Thai flag Thai: สถาปนา; ก่อตั้ง Turkish flag Turkish: kurmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 創辦 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: засновувати Urdu flag Urdu: قائم کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thành lập Chinese flag Chinese: 创办

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