Definitions for founded
found·ed

Wiktionary(1.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. founded(Verb)

   To set up; to launch; to institute.

2. founded(Verb)

   Use as a basis for; grounded on.

3. founded(Adjective)

   Having a basis.

   She offered a well-founded hypothesis.

Webster Dictionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Founded

   of Found

2. Founded

   of Found

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'founded' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3496

Anagrams for founded »

1. fondued

How to pronounce founded?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say founded in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of founded in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of founded in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of founded in a Sentence

1. Chris Smith:

   His condition has not improved since ; he has not regained consciousness, his wife, Yevgenia, said in an e-mail to RFE/RL and other media outlets. Kara-Murza’s father, a prominent journalist, told Russian media Thursday that the situation appears to be more serious than we thought. His lungs are being artificially ventilated, he is connected to 10 devices. Related ImageExpand / ContractKara-Murza,( l.), is an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as was his ally, Boris Nemtsov,( r.). , who was gunned down near the Kremlin in February. ( Reuters) Kara-Murza's father is a journalist with RFE/RL’s Russian Service. The activist's family was stopped short of raising public questions about whether foul play was involved. There is no criminal case so far, none has been opened because he is simply a normal patient who arrived at a Moscow hospital by ambulance. That’s his status, nothing more, his father told a radio station. Our task right now is to bring him to a normal trajectory of recuperation. We ’ll establish the cause [ of the illness ] later. Open Russia was founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil oligarch and Kremlin opponent who lives in Switzerland after Mikhail Khodorkovsky was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2013 following 10 years in prison. Open Russia's new documentary accuses Kadyrov, a former rebel fighter who joined forces with the Kremlin in 2000, of participating in murders and torture in the North Caucasus republic. Related ImageExpand / ContractChechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was accused of torture and murder in the new documentary. ( Reuters) Both the Kremlin and Kadyrov have denied involvement in the killing of Boris Nemtsov, although Kadyrov praised the main suspect in the case, a former Chechen police officer, as a.

2. John D. Rockefeller Jr.:

   A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stands on the right spot; that it be securely founded; that it be successfully executed.”

4. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   In the course of lifetime, you will meet many people who will misconstrue your gentle manners with weakness, and try to either take advantage of you, or intimidate you. You must be strong, as strong as the Diamond, while dealing with such predatory people. You must show them by your words and actions that your gentleness is not weakness that can be pushed around. You must make them realize that your compassion, kindness and humility mustn't be mistaken as passive or meek behavior. In my view, week, timid and spineless are those predatory people, who lack strength and courage; while you are the one with true inner strength and tremendous courage - because it is the Gentleness that is indeed founded on strength and prompted by Love. Stay gentle, kind, compassionate and yet extremely strong - because you are the Diamond, and you must maintain your character.

5. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Images & Illustrations of founded

Popularity rank by frequency of use