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FOUND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food and lodging provided in addition to money

Example:

they worked for $30 and found

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("found" is a kind of...):

earnings; pay; remuneration; salary; wage (something that remunerates)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come upon unexpectedly or after searching

Example:

the lost-and-found department

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

recovered (found after being lost)

Also:

saved (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin)

Antonym:

lost (no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use as a basis for; found on

Example:

base a claim on some observation

Synonyms:

base; establish; found; ground

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "found"):

build (found or ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

foundation (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained)

foundation (the basis on which something is grounded)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set up or lay the groundwork for

Example:

establish a new department

Synonyms:

constitute; establish; found; institute; plant

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "found" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "found"):

fix (set or place definitely)

appoint; constitute; name; nominate (create and charge with a task or function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

foundation (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

founder (a person who founds or establishes some institution)

founding (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Set up or found

Example:

She set up a literacy program

Synonyms:

establish; found; launch; set up

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "found" is one way to...):

open; open up (start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

foundation (an institution supported by an endowment)

founder (a person who founds or establishes some institution)

founding (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A. piechaudii is normally found in soil but has been isolated from human clinical material.

(Achromobacter piechaudii, NCI Thesaurus)

A. delafieldii is normally found in soil.

(Acidovorax delafieldii, NCI Thesaurus)

I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A. temperans is commonly found in soil.

(Acidovorax temperans, NCI Thesaurus)

A. dentrificans is normally found in soil but has been isolated from human clinical specimens.

(Achromobacter denitrificans, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may be normally present in very small quantities in urine and blood; larger amounts may be found in the urine and blood of diabetics.

(Acetone, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also found in tobacco smoke, car exhaust, and trash landfills.

(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)

A. junii is found in human clinical samples.

(Acinetobacter junii, NCI Thesaurus)

The alpha actins are found in muscle tissues and are a major constituent of the contractile apparatus.

(Actin, Gamma 2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Mary sat down for a moment, but it would not do; she was sure Louisa had found a better seat somewhere else, and she would go on till she overtook her.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)