found
verb
[ faʊnd ]
• past and past participle of find.
found
adjective
• having been discovered by chance or unexpectedly.
• (of a ship) equipped.
• "the ship was well found and seaworthy"
found
verb
• establish or originate (an institution or organization).
• "the monastery was founded in 1665"
Similar:
establish,
set up,
start,
begin,
get going,
initiate,
institute,
put in place,
form,
create,
bring into being,
launch,
float,
originate,
develop,
inaugurate,
constitute,
endow,
• base (something) on a particular principle, idea, or feeling.
• "a society founded on the highest principles of religion and education"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fonder, from Latin fundare, from fundus ‘bottom, base’.
found
verb
• melt and mould (metal).
Origin:
early 16th century: from French fondre, from Latin fundere ‘melt, pour’.
find
verb
• discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly.
• "Lindsey looked up to find Neil watching her"
• identify (something) as being present.
• "vitamin B12 is found in dairy products"
Similar:
be present,
occur,
exist,
be met with,
be existent,
appear,
show itself,
manifest itself,
be,
obtain,
• reach or arrive at by a natural or normal process.
• "water finds its own level"
Origin:
Old English findan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinden and German finden .
