FOUND
What does "FOUND" mean?
To establish or set up an institution, or the past tense of 'find'.
Meanings
- To establish or originate an institution, organization, or settlement. They founded the company in a garage with two laptops.
- Past tense and past participle of 'find'; to have discovered or come upon. She found her keys under the newspaper.
- To base or build something on a particular ground or principle. The argument is founded on a single flawed assumption.
- To melt metal and pour it into a mould; to cast. The bell was founded from recycled cannon bronze. technical
Word origin
The 'establish' sense is from Latin 'fundare' (to lay a base), from 'fundus' (bottom); the 'discovered' sense is the past tense of Old English 'findan'; the metal-casting sense is from Latin 'fundere' (to pour).
Remember it
FOUND is two stories in one: you FIND something that was lost, and you FOUND something new on solid ground.
A little poem
What's lost is found beneath the chair;
what's founded stands because it's there.
couplet
Wordplay
- A startup founder told me he found his calling. I asked which it was - he'd lost it again by the next funding round.
What it teaches
To found and to find share a sound but not a soul: one you build on purpose, the other arrives by luck.
Quick facts
What does FOUND mean?
To establish or set up an institution, or the past tense of 'find'.
Is FOUND a valid word?
Yes — FOUND is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FOUND?
FOUND has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FOUND come from?
The 'establish' sense is from Latin 'fundare' (to lay a base), from 'fundus' (bottom); the 'discovered' sense is the past tense of Old English 'findan'; the metal-casting sense is from Latin 'fundere' (to pour).
What can FOUND teach us?
To found and to find share a sound but not a soul: one you build on purpose, the other arrives by luck.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.