Meaning & use
found
The past tense and past participle of 'find,' meaning to discover or locate something.
See it in a sentence
After searching for an hour, she finally found her missing keys under the couch.
Investigators found no evidence linking the suspect to the crime scene.
A note on using this word
Found also functions as a separate base verb meaning to establish an organization, so 'founded' in that sense means started rather than discovered.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. verb
To establish or set up an organization, institution, or settlement.
The two engineers founded the company in a small garage in 1998.
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