found
♦ found /f'aʊnd/ (founds founding founded)
1
Found is the past tense and past participle of find.
2 [VERB] be V-ed, V n, V-ed
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
● foundation [N-SING] with poss
...the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Kew Gardens.
● founding [N-SING] with poss
I have been a member of The Sunday Times Wine Club since its founding in 1973.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
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.
4
see also founded, foundinglost and found
1 [N-SING]
Lost and found is the place where lost property is kept. (AM; in BRIT, use lost property)
2 [ADJ]
Lost and found things are things which someone has lost and which someone else has found.
...the shelf where they stored lost-and-found articles.
...the local paper's lost-and-found column.
1
Found is the past tense and past participle of find.
2 [VERB] be V-ed, V n, V-ed
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
● foundation [N-SING] with poss
...the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Kew Gardens.
● founding [N-SING] with poss
I have been a member of The Sunday Times Wine Club since its founding in 1973.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
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.
4
see also founded, foundinglost and found
1 [N-SING]
Lost and found is the place where lost property is kept. (AM; in BRIT, use lost property)
2 [ADJ]
Lost and found things are things which someone has lost and which someone else has found.
...the shelf where they stored lost-and-found articles.
...the local paper's lost-and-found column.