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verb | verb foundfound1 /faʊnd/ verb VERB TABLEfound |
Present | I, you, we, they | found | | he, she, it | founds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | founded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have founded | | he, she, it | has founded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had founded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will found | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have founded |
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Present | I | am founding | | he, she, it | is founding | | you, we, they | are founding | Past | I, he, she, it | was founding | | you, we, they | were founding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been founding | | he, she, it | has been founding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been founding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be founding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been founding |
the past tense and past participle of find verb | verb foundfound2 ●●○ W2 AWL verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYfound2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French fonder, from Latin fundus bottom VERB TABLEfound |
Present | I, you, we, they | found | | he, she, it | founds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | founded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have founded | | he, she, it | has founded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had founded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will found | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have founded |
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Present | I | am founding | | he, she, it | is founding | | you, we, they | are founding | Past | I, he, she, it | was founding | | you, we, they | were founding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been founding | | he, she, it | has been founding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been founding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be founding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been founding |
1to start something such as an organization, institution, company, or city SYN establish: Founded in 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous is now a world-wide organization. The Baptists founded many churches in the southern U.S.2be founded on/upon something a)to be the main idea, belief, etc. that something else develops from SYN be based on something: Racism is not founded on rational thought, but on fear. The Soviet Union was originally founded on Socialism. b)to be the solid layer of cement, stones, etc. that a building is built on: The castle is founded on solid rock.3technical to melt metal and pour it into a mold (=a hollow shape), to make things such as tools, parts for machines, etc. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French fonder, from Latin fundus bottom]—founding noun [uncountable]: the founding of the University of Chicago → see also foundation, well-founded |