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found

🇬🇧 UK/faʊnd/🇺🇸 US/faund/
NGSL 3kB2

Definitions

v.

To establish or set up an organization, institution, or city; also past tense of 'find'.

创立,建立;(find的过去式)找到

n.

Food and lodging provided as part of payment or employment.

食宿(作为报酬的一部分)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
foundbottom, base, foundation
=found

Common Collocations

  • 1.found [a company/organization/institution]创立公司/机构/组织
  • 2.found [a school/hospital]创办学校/医院
  • 3.[be/get] founded on建立在...基础上

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The university was founded in 1636.

  • 2.

    Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Company in his parents' garage.

  • 3.

    The city was founded over two thousand years ago at the intersection of two rivers.

  • 4.

    Modern physics was founded on Einstein's theory of relativity.

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