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单词 founding
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found

1 of 5
ˈfau̇nd How to pronounce found (audio)

past tense and past participle of find

found

2 of 5

adjective

1
: having all usual, standard, or reasonably expected equipment
the boat comes fully found, ready to go Holiday
2
: presented as or incorporated into an artistic work essentially as found
sculpture of fabric, wood, and other found materials Hilton Kramer

found

3 of 5

noun

: free food and lodging in addition to wages
they're paid $175 a month and found New Yorker

found

4 of 5

verb (1)

founded; founding; founds

transitive verb

1
: to take the first steps in building
2
: to set or ground on something solid : base
3
: to establish (something) often with provision for future maintenance
found an institution

found

5 of 5

verb

founded; founding; founds

transitive verb

: to melt (a material, such as metal) and pour into a mold

Synonyms

Verb (1)

  • begin
  • constitute
  • establish
  • inaugurate
  • initiate
  • innovate
  • institute
  • introduce
  • launch
  • pioneer
  • plant
  • set up
  • start
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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of find entry 1

Noun

from past participle of find entry 1

Verb (1)

Middle English founden, borrowed from Anglo-French fonder, funder, going back to Latin fundāre, derivative of fundus "bottom, base, foundation" — more at bottom entry 1

Verb

borrowed from Middle French fondre "to melt, cast," going back to Old French, going back to Latin fundere "to pour, shed, cast, send forth, disperse," going back to Indo-European hu-n-d-, present tense derivative of heu̯d- "pour" (also Germanic, in Old English gēotan "to pour, shed," Old High German giozan, Old Norse gjóta "to drop, throw, give birth [of animals]," Gothic giutan "to pour"), extended form of Indo-European heu̯- "pour," whence Greek chéō, cheîn "to pour, shed," Tocharian B kewu "I will pour," Sanskrit juhoti "(s/he) pours, sacrifices"

First Known Use

Adjective

1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1830, in the meaning defined above

Verb (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1562, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

found 1 of 2

past tense and past participle of find

found

2 of 2

verb

ˈfau̇nd How to pronounce found (audio)
founded; founding
: to begin or create : establish
This town was founded in 1886.

Legal Definition

found 1 of 2

past and past participle of find

found

2 of 2

transitive verb

: to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance

founding 1 of 2

noun

as in initiation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • initiation
  • creation
  • inauguration
  • institution
  • inception
  • origination
  • beginning
  • genesis
  • start
  • commencement
  • drawing board
  • fountain
  • origin
  • first base
  • germ
  • cradle
  • fountainhead
  • spring
  • launch
  • outset
  • well
  • ground zero
  • arrival
  • birth
  • onset
  • dawn
  • emergence
  • kickoff
  • source
  • nascence
  • opening
  • wellspring
  • alpha
  • nascency
  • dawning
  • debut
  • baseline
  • incipience
  • incipiency
  • childhood
  • infancy
  • square one
  • day one
  • advent
  • seedbed
  • morning
  • root
  • threshold
  • get-go
  • git-go
  • appearance
  • début
  • youth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • end
  • conclusion
  • ending
  • close
  • completion
  • closing
  • period
  • termination
  • stop
  • cessation
  • closure
  • omega
  • finish
  • finale
  • windup
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founding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of found
as in pioneering
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pioneering
  • establishing
  • launching
  • initiating
  • introducing
  • creating
  • beginning
  • instituting
  • inaugurating
  • originating
  • innovating
  • starting
  • organizing
  • planting
  • constructing
  • constituting
  • inventing
  • authoring
  • developing
  • manufacturing
  • fathering
  • devising
  • producing
  • funding
  • refounding
  • conceiving
  • financing
  • setting up
  • expanding
  • endowing
  • enlarging
  • concocting
  • systematizing
  • subsidizing
  • arranging
  • reinstituting
  • relaunching
  • making up
  • contriving
  • fabricating
  • thinking (up)
  • cooking (up)
  • reinitiating
  • systemizing
  • putting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • closing (down)
  • abolishing
  • shutting (up)
  • ending
  • finishing
  • annihilating
  • stopping
  • annulling
  • terminating
  • nullifying
  • halting
  • phasing out
  • rounding (off or out)
  • wrapping up
  • winding up
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