英语词汇“founding”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

foundfound2 ●●○ W2 AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYfound²

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French fonder, from Latin fundus bottom

VERB TABLE

found

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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