found

found · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Simple past tense and past participle of find.

  2. 2.

    To establish or set up an institution, organization, or settlement.

  3. 3.

    To base something on a particular principle or idea.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    founded on/upon — Based on.
  • •
    well-founded — Based on good reasons.
  • •
    ill-founded — Based on poor reasoning.
  • •
    founding father — A person who establishes something important.
  • •
    found wanting — Judged to be inadequate.

Related words

See also: create, establish, find, foundation
Synonyms: create, discovered, establish, institute

Etymology

As past tense of "find": from Old English findan. As "establish": from Latin fundare ("to lay the bottom, found"), from fundus ("bottom, foundation").