found Hear it!

found¹ Definition

found (fo̵und)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

find

adjective

designating something displayed as a work of art (or presented as a poem) that is actually a natural object or ordinary man-made article (or a fragment of prosaic writing) found by chance, but considered to have aesthetic value

Etymology: ME funden < OE funden, pp. of findan

found¹ Idioms

and found

☆

Informal with room and board in addition to wages

found² Definition

found (fo̵und)

transitive verb

  1. to lay the base of; set for support; base a statement founded on facts
  2. to begin to build or organize; bring into being; establish to found a college

Etymology: ME founden < OFr fonder < L fundare < fundus, bottom < IE *bhundhos < base *bhudh- > Sans budhnáḥ, bottom

intransitive verb

Rare to be based (on or upon)

found³ Definition

found (fo̵und)

transitive verb

  1. to melt and pour (metal or materials for glass) into a mold
  2. to make by pouring molten metal into a mold; cast

Etymology: ME founden < OFr fondre < L fundere, to pour, melt (metal) < IE base *ĝheu- > OE geotan, Gr cheein, pour

found Synonyms

found

modif.

  1. Discovered

    unearthed, located, detected; see discovered.

  2. Occurring customarily

    common, native to, characteristic of; see conventional 1.

found Synonyms

found

v.

establish, endow, set up; see organize 2.

found Usage Examples

Object

  • monastery: Possibly born in Wales, he founded the monastery of Louth in Ireland.
  • convent: St Swithin of weather fame founded a convent on the site which later became a monastery.
  • abbey: At Fulda, in Germany, St. Boniface founded a Benedictine abbey.
  • nunnery: The Priory is built on the site of a nunnery founded by the Princess.
  • colony: The Morning Letter: With the movement of the Embassy to a new location, you are founding a new colony.

Preposition: on

  • principle: The First International was not founded on explicitly communist principles.
  • belief: It is founded on a belief, one whose fanaticism is such it can't be moderated.
  • premise: Such a model is not new; the Co-op was founded on the same premise.

Subject

  • Roman: Narbonne, founded by the Romans, is a busy center for the wine trade with good shopping.
  • entrepreneur: The business founded by entrepreneur Colin Chapman moved from southeast England to a former airfield at Hethel, near Wymondham, in 1966.

Preposition: as

monastery: Torre Abbey is Torquay's oldest building and dates back to 1196 when it was founded as a monastery.

Preposition: in

  • reign: This school was founded in the reign of Edward VI ( 1547-1553 ) as a Latin Grammar School.
  • 1950s: The Dawa party, founded in the 1950s, is the oldest of all Iraqi Shi'a parties in Iraq.
  • 1960s: An Introduction The University of Sussex was the first of the universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its Royal Charter in August 1961.
  • century: Founded in the 16th century, Hutton Grammar School is one of the oldest schools in the country.
  • 1970s: The Public, based in West Bromwich, is an internationally acclaimed community arts organization founded in the 1970s by Sylvia King.
  • 1920s: The Association had been founded in the 1920s and among its achievements was getting the driving test adopted.

Preposition: by

  • Roman: Narbonne, founded by the Romans, is a busy center for the wine trade with good shopping.
  • entrepreneur: The business founded by entrepreneur Colin Chapman moved from southeast England to a former airfield at Hethel, near Wymondham, in 1966.