Synonyms for found
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1. found

   Synonyms:
   establish, institute, fix, set, build, set up, base, endow, rest, ground, plant, root

   Antonyms:
   disestablish, subvert, supplant, uproot

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1. foundadjective

   food and lodging provided in addition to money

   "they worked for $30 and found"

   Antonyms:
   missing, lost, wasted, mislaid, stray, misplaced, straying, squandered, gone(p)

2. foundverb

   come upon unexpectedly or after searching

   "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

   Antonyms:
   straying, stray, squandered, lost, missing, gone(p), mislaid, wasted, misplaced

3. establish, set up, found, launchverb

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

   Synonyms:
   tack together, put together, set in motion, lay down, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, establish, put in, base, gear up, put up, frame, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, plunge, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

   Antonyms:
   squandered, straying, misplaced, lost, gone(p), missing, stray, mislaid, wasted

4. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Synonyms:
   engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, establish, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constitute

   Antonyms:
   lost, stray, gone(p), wasted, missing, mislaid, misplaced, straying, squandered

5. establish, base, ground, foundverb

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, ground, set up, install, strand, base, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, establish, prime, anchor, make, show, constitute

   Antonyms:
   gone(p), lost, straying, stray, misplaced, mislaid, missing, wasted, squandered

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1. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   base, set, fix, place, ground, lay the foundation of

2. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   build, construct, erect, raise

3. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, institute, originate

4. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   cast, form in a mould

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1. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, plant, institute, cast, form, mould

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1. List of paraphrases for "found":

   discovered, find, concluded, observed, revealed, detected, encountered, noted, located, identified, finding, considered, discovery, consulted, determined, ruled, reached, seen, showed, recovered, got, uncovered, felt, spotted, noticed, declared, contained, recognized, deemed, struck, thought, saw, finds, shown

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How to use found in a sentence?

1. Kosuke Morita:

   Another important meaning is that until now, all the elements in the periodic table have been discovered in Europe and the United States, there has not been a single atomic element found in Asia, Oceania or Africa.

2. Mohammad Nowroz Haqmal:

   For a while, I was alone. After about thirty minutes using my teeth, I was able to untie and open my hands, then I broke a small window and escaped from there. After about thirty minutes of running, I made it to the main road and found a taxi.

3. Pat Houston:

   I decided she was going to rehab because that’s where we had called to set up for her to go, she didn’t make it. She found out that I was coming for her, not to do an intervention, because I didn’t want to go through that with her. I just wanted her to come back and talk to me so we could figure out how this was going to take place because she needed to go.

4. John Calia:

   I come back out here, and she’s nowhere to be found, i looked over here, looked to the side of the house.

5. Julie Meachen:

   To date, these are the most complete Pleistocene carnivore remains ever found, it is a pretty big deal, especially for scientists like me who study carnivores and big cats.