found

See also: Found.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: found, IPA^(key): /faʊnd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Etymology 1

See find.

Verb

found

1. simple past tense and past participle of find

Synonyms

• (past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)

Derived terms

• found art
• found footage
• found literature
• found music
• found object
• found poetry
• lost and found
• unfound

Noun

found (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Food and lodging; board.
   • 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram‎^[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:

     I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.

Etymology 2

From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.

Verb

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

2. (transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:

     “ […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …”

3. (transitive) To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Conjugation

Conjugation of found

infinitive	(to) found
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	found	founded
2nd-person singular	found, foundest†	founded, foundedst†
3rd-person singular	founds, foundeth†	founded
plural	found
subjunctive	found	founded
imperative	found	—
participles	founding	founded

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• (to start organization): establish

Antonyms

• (to begin building): ruin
• (to start organization): dissolve, abolish

Related terms

• foundation
• founder

Translations

to start an organization

• Arabic: أَسَّسَ‎ (ar) (ʾassasa)
• Armenian: հիմնադրել (hy) (himnadrel), ստեղծել (hy) (stełcel), հիմնել (hy) (himnel)
• Belarusian: засно́ўваць impf (zasnóŭvacʹ), заснава́ць pf (zasnavácʹ), заклада́ць impf (zakladácʹ), закла́сці pf (zaklásci)
• Bulgarian: учредявам (bg) (učredjavam), създавам (bg) (sǎzdavam)
• Catalan: fundar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設立 (zh), 设立 (zh) (shèlì)

• Czech: založit (cs)
• Danish: grundlægge (da)
• Dutch: stichten (nl)
• Egyptian: (grg)
• Finnish: perustaa (fi)
• French: fonder (fr)
• Georgian: დაფუძვნება (dapuʒvneba)
• German: gründen (de)
• Greek: ιδρύω (el) (idrýo), συστήνω (el) (systíno)
• Hungarian: alapít (hu), megalapít (hu)
• Italian: fondare (it)
• Japanese: 興す (ja) (okosu), 打ち立てる (uchitateru), 設立する (ja) (setsuritsu suru)
• Khmer: បង្កើត (km) (bɑŋkaət)
• Korean: 설립하다 (ko) (seolliphada), 수립하다 (ko) (suriphada)
• Latin: fundō
• Latvian: dibināt
• Norwegian: grunnlegge
• Occitan: fondar (oc)
• Polish: założyć (pl), zakładać (pl)
• Portuguese: fundar (pt)
• Quechua: tiqsiy
• Romanian: întemeia (ro), fonda (ro)
• Russian: осно́вывать (ru) impf (osnóvyvatʹ), основа́ть (ru) pf (osnovátʹ), учрежда́ть (ru) impf (učreždátʹ), учреди́ть (ru) pf (učredítʹ)
• Scots: foond
• Scottish Gaelic: stèidhich
• Slovak: založiť
• Spanish: fundar (es)
• Swedish: grunda (sv)
• Turkish: kurmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: засно́вувати impf (zasnóvuvaty), заснува́ти pf (zasnuváty), осно́вувати impf (osnóvuvaty), оснува́ти pf (osnuváty)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אַוועקשטעלן‎‎ (avekshteln‎)

to begin building

• Arabic: أَسَّسَ‎ (ar) (ʾassasa)
• Armenian: հիմքը դնել (himkʿə dnel), հիմքը գցել (hy) (himkʿə gcʿel)
• Aromanian: fundedz
• Bulgarian: основавам (bg) (osnovavam)
• Catalan: fundar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成立 (zh) (chénglì), 創設 (zh), 创设 (zh) (chuàngshè)

• Czech: založit (cs)
• Danish: grundlægge (da)
• Finnish: perustaa (fi)
• French: fonder (fr)
• Georgian: საფუძვლის ჩაყრა (sapuʒvlis čaq̇ra), დაფუძვნება (dapuʒvneba)
• German: errichten (de), gründen (de)
• Greek: θεμελιώνω (el) (themelióno)
• Italian: fondare (it)
• Japanese: 基礎を築く (ja) (kiso wo kizuku)
• Khmer: បង្កើត (km) (bɑŋkaət)
• Korean: 설립하다 (ko) (seolliphada)
• Ngazidja Comorian: utsenga
• Norwegian: grunnlegge
• Old English: astemnian, gegrundweallian
• Polish: budować (pl), zbudować (pl), tworzyć (pl), stworzyć (pl)
• Portuguese: fundar (pt)
• Quechua: tiksiy
• Romanian: funda (ro), întemeia (ro), înființa (ro)
• Russian: осно́вывать (ru) impf (osnóvyvatʹ), основа́ть (ru) pf (osnovátʹ)
• Scots: foond
• Slovak: založiť
• Spanish: fundar (es)
• Swedish: grundlägga (sv)
• Turkish: temel atmak (tr)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fondi (eo)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} asutama
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} osnovati (sh)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fundar (es), ^{(please verify)} instaurar (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} grunda (sv)

References

• Oxford Online Dictionary, found
• WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University

Etymology 3

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

Verb

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

2. To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
3. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Whereof to found their engines.

Related terms

• confound
• foundry
• foison
• fusion

Translations

melt — see melt

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

found (plural founds)

1. A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

Anagrams

• fondu