transcription, транскрипция: [ faʊnd ]
( founds, founding, founded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Found is the past tense and past participle of find .
2.
When an institution, company, or organization is founded by someone or by a group of people, they get it started, often by providing the necessary money.
The Independent Labour Party was founded in Bradford on January 13, 1893...
He founded the Centre for Journalism Studies at University College Cardiff...
The business, founded by Dawn and Nigel, suffered financial setbacks.
= set up, establish
VERB : be V-ed , V n , V-ed
• foun‧da‧tion
...the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Kew Gardens.
N-SING : with poss
• found‧ing
I have been a member of The Sunday Times Wine Club since its founding in 1973.
N-SING : with poss
3.
When a town, important building, or other place is founded by someone or by a group of people, they cause it to be built.
The town was founded in 1610.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
4.
see also founded , founding