Found
(verb)
- To establish, set up, or originate (something, such as a company, institution, or colony).
- To provide with a basis or foundation.
- To place on a support or footing.
- To come upon often accidentally; encounter.
- To discover or uncover by digging, searching, or looking.
Origin:
Middle english, from old english gefundian; akin to old high german fundōn to find.
Examples:
- She found a new job in the city.
- He found a cure for the disease.
- The company was found on the principles of honesty and hard work.
- They found the missing child hiding in the bushes.
- The archaeologists found an ancient city buried beneath the sand.