Antonyms for found


Grammar : Verb
Spell : found
Phonetic Transcription : faÊŠnd


Definition of found

Origin :
  • "establish," late 13c., from Old French founder (12c., Modern French fonder), from Latin fundare "to lay the bottom or foundation of something," from fundus "bottom, foundation" (see fund (n.)). Related: Founded; founding. Phrase founding fathers with reference to the creators of the American republic is attested from 1916.
  • verb bring into being
  • verb put on a base
Example sentences :
  • Pericles went to seek his son, and found him reclining on the couch where he had left him.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I found him crowned with garlands; for he had been offering sacrifices in the hall.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I found the people corrupted; and I must humour their disease.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He would not adopt a nameless orphan, found with a poor goatherd of Phelle.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • This cop that found me in a hallway, he says I must have been give a dose of Peter.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It was thus Billy Brue found him at the end of his second day's search.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They arrived at the gate without question or hindrance; but found it fastened.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Here, perchance, may be found a clue in symbol to the family strife.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He'd just taken it off the ticker when we found him in Fouts's place there.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Here, perhaps, may be found the symbolic clue to the strife's cause.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Synonyms for found

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