Found — synonyms, found antonyms, definition

1. found (a)

detected met rescued

2. found (Verb)

ascertained base begin blaze build bumped came up chanced colonise colonize constitute create determined discover discovered encountered erect establish explore fasten • • • lost

found (Verb) — Start an new organization or institution.

found (Verb) — Set up or lay the groundwork for. ex. "found a new department"

found (Verb) — Use as a basis for; found on. ex. "found a claim on some observation"

found (Verb) — Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. ex. "We find this idea in Plato"

found (Verb) — Determine the existence, presence, or fact of. ex. "We found traces of lead in the paint"

found (Verb) — Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost. ex. "Did you find your glasses?" ex. "I cannot find my gloves!"

found (Verb) — Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. ex. "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" ex. "find the product of two numbers"

found (Verb) — Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuition, or indefinite grounds. ex. "I find him to be obnoxious" ex. "I found the movie rather entertaining"

found (Verb) — Perceive or be contemporaneous with. ex. "We found Republicans winning the offices"

found (Verb) — Get something or somebody for a specific purpose. ex. "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"

found (Verb) — Make a discovery, make a new finding. ex. "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

found (Verb) — Determine following investigation. ex. "She found that he had lied to her"

found (Verb) — Obtain through effort or management. ex. "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents" ex. "We found the money to send our sons to college"

found (Verb) — Decide on and make a declaration about. ex. "find someone guilty"

found (Verb) — Be subject to a specified treatment or analysis. ex. "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"

found (Verb) — Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place. ex. "I found myself in a difficult situation" ex. "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"

found (Verb) — Get or get back; recover the use of. ex. "She found her voice and replied quickly"

found (Verb) — Succeed in reaching; arrive at. ex. "The arrow found its mark"

found (Verb) — Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation. ex. "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

acquired arrived at attained changed comprehended conceived conceptualised conceptualized concluded descried discovered espied experienced found out gained gestated got got a line got wind got word • • • accessed admeasured appoint attained build came across came upon caught caught out chanced on chanced upon constitute counted discovered enumerated fell upon felt ferreted ferreted out fix • • • find out

3. found (Adjective)

lost

found (Adjective) — Come upon unexpectedly or after searching. ex. "found art" ex. "the lost-and-found department"

4. found (Noun)

found (Noun) — Food and lodging provided in addition to money. ex. "they worked for $30 and found"

earnings pay remuneration salary wage