Founded Founding Found Faʊnd Verb Club/Company/School Family College

• to found a club/company/school
• her family founded the college in 1895.
• the founding members of the european union
• he was a founding editor of the journal.

found

Verb Forms

1. to start something, such as an organization or an institution, especially by providing money
• SYNONYM establish
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/establish
• to found a club/company/school
• Her family founded the college in 1895.
• the founding members of the European Union
• He was a founding editor of the journal.

Extra Examples

• He founded a new religion.
• He founded the company 20 years ago.
2. to be the first to start building and living in a town or country
• The town was founded by English settlers in 1790.
• French settlers founded New Orleans.
• the founding generation of immigrants
3. to base something on something
• SEE ALSO ill-founded
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ill-founded
• Their marriage was founded on love and mutual respect.
4. to melt metal and pour it into a mould; to make objects using this process
• PAST TENSE, PAST PARTICIPLE OF find
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/find_2

Word Origin

• senses 1 to 3 Middle English: from Old French fonder, from Latin fundare, from fundus ‘bottom, base’.