found

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈfæʊ̯nd/ UK /ˈfaʊ̯nd/ See IPA manual

Freq #237

Meanings

1

verb
To start or set up an institution, company, or organization.

She founded the company in her garage twenty years ago.
2

verb
To base something on a particular idea, fact, or principle.

Their argument was founded on solid evidence.

Verb forms

found, founded, founded

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to start or set up an... establish set up

2 verb · to base something on a... base ground

Opposites

abolish dissolve ruin

Word family

Derived forms cofoundfoundablefoundlingnew-foundedrefound

Related forms confoundfoisonfoundation founder foundry fusionmorfound

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Phrases (1)

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found a company
to formally establish a company as its original creator

Verb + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Lost time is never found again

Simplified etymology

Found meaning “establish” comes from Latin fundare, “to lay a base for,” derived from fundus, “bottom, base.” The separate early-16th-century verb found meaning “melt and mould” came through French fondre from Latin fundere, “to melt, pour.”

Etymology

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.

founden Middle English fondre Old French fundō Latin

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# found

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈfæʊ̯nd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfaʊ̯nd/
**Frequency rank:** 237

## Meanings
1. To start or set up an institution, company, or organization.
2. To base something on a particular idea, fact, or principle.

## Examples
- She founded the company in her garage twenty years ago.
- Their argument was founded on solid evidence.

## Antonyms
- abolish
- dissolve
- ruin

## Derived Forms
- cofound
- foundable
- foundling
- new-founded
- refound

## Related Forms
- confound
- foison
- foundation
- founder
- foundry
- fusion
- morfound

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: founden
- Root: fondre
- Root: fundō

## Etymology
From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.

## AI Etymology
Found comes from Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre. In current use, the main senses are “To start or set up an institution, company, or organization” and “To base something on a particular idea, fact, or principle”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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