found
1to set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence: to found a new publishing company.
to lay the lowest part of (a structure) on a firm base or ground: a house founded on solid rock.
to base or ground (usually followed by on or upon): a story founded on fact.
to provide a basis or ground for.
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Other definitions for found (2 of 3)
simple past tense and past participle of find.
equipped, outfitted, or furnished: He bought a new boat, fully found.
provided or furnished without additional charge, as to a tenant; included within the price, rent, etc. (often used postpositively): Room to let, laundry found.
something that is provided or furnished without charge, especially meals given a domestic: Maid wanted, good salary and found.
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2Other definitions for found (3 of 3)
to melt and pour (metal, glass, etc.) into a mold.
to form or make (an article) of molten material in a mold; cast.
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How to use found in a sentence
Largely eschewing venture money, Calendly, founded in 2013, has primarily bootstrapped itself to profitability.
Meet the unicorn founder that braved war zones and missed meetings to make his mark on the startup world | Lucinda Shen | November 20, 2020 | FortuneThe deal is a reunion of sorts for BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti, who co-founded HuffPost.
BuzzFeed buys HuffPost from Verizon in latest new-media deal | Verne Kopytoff | November 19, 2020 | FortuneI don’t want listeners to be confused with the aviation company, because we’re talking about a 3D modeling and simulation enterprise that was founded almost 40 years ago and has more than 20,000 employees around the globe.
Leveraging collective intelligence and AI to benefit society | Jason Sparapani | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewBefore founding Capella Space, Payam Banazadeh worked as a project manager and flight systems engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Come hear about the opportunities in space observation at TC Sessions: Space | Jonathan Shieber | November 12, 2020 | TechCrunchThat year, he and a group of fellow state-media defectors founded Mediafax, believed to be the world’s first faxed daily paper.
The Death of a Journalist — and a Free Press — in Mozambique | Eromo Egbejule | November 12, 2020 | Ozy
Should old acquaintance be forgot, just remember a few of the resolutions the Founding Fathers (would have) made this year.
He texted one of the other founding Santas, “Fuck you, Santa Rob.”
Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest | David Freedlander | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSoon, for the first time since its 1914 founding, the magazine stopped publishing unsigned editorials.
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple | James Kirchick | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom its founding in 1914, The New Republic has been the flagship and forum of American liberalism.
Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine | Lloyd Grove | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJohn Prendergast is the founding director of the Enough Project (enoughproject.org).
Aaron Rodgers Takes Aim at Congo’s ‘Blood Minerals’ War | John Prendergast | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhether we take this phrase as describing the object or result of founding that college, it is a case of Concurrence.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)A conference was held in Jamestown to consider the founding of a college in the Virginia Colony.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyHis unusual powers were first recognised when he succeeded in founding the Moscow Conservatoire.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThere you see them doing the work of men—carrying on war, ruling conquered regions, founding cities.
Overland | John William De ForestHe it was who conceived the brilliant idea of founding a journal which should be the special organ of all.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
British Dictionary definitions for found (1 of 3)
/ (faʊnd) /
the past tense and past participle of find
furnished, or fitted out: the boat is well found
British with meals, heating, bed linen, etc, provided without extra charge (esp in the phrase all found)
British Dictionary definitions for found (2 of 3)
/ (faʊnd) /
(tr) to bring into being, set up, or establish (something, such as an institution, society, etc)
(tr) to build or establish the foundation or basis of
(also intr; foll by on or upon) to have a basis (in); depend (on)
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2British Dictionary definitions for found (3 of 3)
/ (faʊnd) /
to cast (a material, such as metal or glass) by melting and pouring into a mould
to shape or make (articles) in this way; cast
Origin of found
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