"found" meaning in English

See found in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /faʊnd/ Audio: en-us-found.ogg [US]
enPR: found Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: See find. Etymology templates: {{m|en|find}} find Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} found (uncountable)
  1. Food and lodging; board. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-found-en-noun-yFL4OfCZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /faʊnd/ Audio: en-us-found.ogg [US] Forms: founds [plural]
enPR: found Rhymes: -aʊnd Head templates: {{en-noun}} found (plural founds)
  1. A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
    Sense id: en-found-en-noun-6tgYQhjN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /faʊnd/ Audio: en-us-found.ogg [US]
enPR: found Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: See find. Etymology templates: {{m|en|find}} find Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} found
  1. simple past and past participle of find Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: find Synonyms: discovered [participle, past], repertitious (english: by chance or upon advice) [obsolete, participle, past]
    Sense id: en-found-en-verb-h7gaR-Ii Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 61 5 3 3 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 9 71 2 2 6 4 3 Derived forms: all found, found art, found footage, found literature, found money, found music, found object, found-on, found poetry, found sound, lost and found, newfound, unfound, well-found
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /faʊnd/ Audio: en-us-found.ogg [US] Forms: founds [present, singular, third-person], founding [participle, present], founded [participle, past], founded [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], found [infinitive]
enPR: found Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|founden}} Middle English founden, {{der|en|fro|founder}} Old French founder, {{m|fr|fonder}} fonder, {{der|en|la|fundō|fundāre}} Latin fundāre, {{m|en|fund}} fund Head templates: {{en-verb}} found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. To start (an institution or organization). Tags: transitive Synonyms (to start organization): establish Translations (to start an organization): أَسَّسَ (ʔassasa) (Arabic), հիմնադրել (himnadrel) (Armenian), ստեղծել (steġcel) (Armenian), հիմնել (himnel) (Armenian), засно́ўваць (zasnóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), заснава́ць (zasnavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), заклада́ць (zakladácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), закла́сці (zaklásci) [perfective] (Belarusian), учредявам (učredjavam) (Bulgarian), създавам (sǎzdavam) (Bulgarian), fundar (Catalan), 設立 (Chinese Mandarin), 设立 (shèlì) (Chinese Mandarin), založit (Czech), grundlægge (Danish), stichten (Dutch), g:r-grg (grg) (Egyptian), perustaa (Finnish), fonder (French), დაფუძვნება (dapuʒvneba) (Georgian), gründen (German), ιδρύω (idrýo) (Greek), συστήνω (systíno) (Greek), alapít (Hungarian), megalapít (Hungarian), fondare (Italian), 興す (okosu) (Japanese), 打ち立てる (uchitateru) (Japanese), 設立する (setsuritsu suru) (Japanese), បង្កើត (bɑŋkaət) (Khmer), 설립하다 (seolliphada) (Korean), 수립하다 (suriphada) (Korean), fundō (Latin), dibināt (Latvian), grunnlegge (Norwegian), fondar (Occitan), ġegrundweallian (Old English), staþolian (Old English), założyć (Polish), zakładać (Polish), fundar (Portuguese), tiqsiy (Quechua), întemeia (Romanian), fonda (Romanian), осно́вывать (osnóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), основа́ть (osnovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), учрежда́ть (učreždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), учреди́ть (učredítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), foond (Scots), stèidhich (Scottish Gaelic), založiť (Slovak), fundar (Spanish), grunda (Swedish), kurmak (Turkish), засно́вувати (zasnóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), заснува́ти (zasnuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), осно́вувати (osnóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оснува́ти (osnuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), אַוועקשטעלן (avekshteln) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-found-en-verb-en:start Disambiguation of 'to start organization': 86 5 9 Disambiguation of 'to start an organization': 86 5 9
  2. To begin building. Tags: transitive Translations (to begin building): أَسَّسَ (ʔassasa) (Arabic), հիմքը դնել (himkʿə dnel) (Armenian), հիմքը գցել (himkʿə gcʿel) (Armenian), fundedz (Aromanian), основавам (osnovavam) (Bulgarian), fundar (Catalan), 成立 (chénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), 創設 (Chinese Mandarin), 创设 (chuàngshè) (Chinese Mandarin), založit (Czech), grundlægge (Danish), perustaa (Finnish), fonder (French), საფუძვლის ჩაყრა (sapuʒvlis čaq̇ra) (Georgian), დაფუძვნება (dapuʒvneba) (Georgian), errichten (German), gründen (German), θεμελιώνω (themelióno) (Greek), fondare (Italian), 基礎を築く (kiso wo kizuku) (Japanese), បង្កើត (bɑŋkaət) (Khmer), 설립하다 (seolliphada) (Korean), utsenga (Ngazidja Comorian), grunnlegge (Norwegian), astemnian (Old English), gegrundweallian (Old English), budować (Polish), zbudować (Polish), tworzyć (Polish), stworzyć (Polish), fundar (Portuguese), tiksiy (Quechua), funda (Romanian), întemeia (Romanian), înființa (Romanian), осно́вывать (osnóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), основа́ть (osnovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), foond (Scots), založiť (Slovak), fundar (Spanish), grundlägga (Swedish), temel atmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-found-en-verb-yy-faTyz Disambiguation of 'to begin building': 2 97 1
  3. To use as a foundation; to base. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-found-en-verb-en:base
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: new-founded Related terms: foundation, founder
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /faʊnd/ Audio: en-us-found.ogg [US] Forms: founds [present, singular, third-person], founding [participle, present], founded [participle, past], founded [past]
enPR: found Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|founden}} Middle English founden, {{der|en|fro|fondre}} Old French fondre, {{der|en|la|fundō|fundere}} Latin fundere, {{cog|es|fundir}} Spanish fundir, {{m|es|hundir}} hundir Head templates: {{en-verb}} found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded)
  1. To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-found-en-verb-en:melt
  2. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-found-en-verb-ArycuohU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: confound, foundry, foison, fusion
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "učredjavam",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎzdavam",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "създавам"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "設立"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèlì",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "设立"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "založit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "grundlægge"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "stichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "grg",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "g:r-grg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "perustaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fonder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dapuʒvneba",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "დაფუძვნება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "gründen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "idrýo",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "ιδρύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "systíno",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "συστήνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "alapít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "megalapít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fondare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okosu",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "興す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "uchitateru",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "打ち立てる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "setsuritsu suru",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑŋkaət",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seolliphada",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "설립하다"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "suriphada",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "수립하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fundō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "dibināt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "grunnlegge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fondar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "ġegrundweallian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "staþolian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "założyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "zakładać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fundar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "tiqsiy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "întemeia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fonda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to start an organization",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osnovátʹ",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "učreždátʹ",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "учрежда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "učredítʹ",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
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          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "foond"
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
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          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
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          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "fundar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "sense": "to start an organization",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zasnóvuvaty",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
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          "roman": "zasnuváty",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
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          "_dis1": "86 5 9",
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          "roman": "avekshteln",
          "sense": "to start an organization",
          "word": "אַוועקשטעלן"
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "أَسَّسَ"
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "հիմքը դնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "himkʿə gcʿel",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "հիմքը գցել"
        },
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "fundedz"
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        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "osnovavam",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "основавам"
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "fundar"
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          "roman": "chénglì",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "成立"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "創設"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuàngshè",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "创设"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "založit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "grundlægge"
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "perustaa"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "word": "fonder"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sapuʒvlis čaq̇ra",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "საფუძვლის ჩაყრა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dapuʒvneba",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "დაფუძვნება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "errichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "gründen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "themelióno",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "θεμελιώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "fondare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kiso wo kizuku",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "基礎を築く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "km",
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          "word": "បង្កើត"
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        {
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "설립하다"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "word": "utsenga"
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        {
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          "word": "grunnlegge"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "astemnian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "gegrundweallian"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "budować"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "zbudować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "tworzyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "stworzyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "fundar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Quechua",
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          "word": "tiksiy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "funda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "întemeia"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "înființa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "to begin building",
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          "word": "осно́вывать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "word": "основа́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "foond"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "založiť"
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        {
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          "word": "fundar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "grundlägga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to begin building",
          "word": "temel atmak"
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          "ref": "1827, [Alexander] Dirom, Remarks on Free Trade, and on the State of the British Empire, Edinburgh: […] Cadell & Co., […], Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, & Co., London, page 36",
          "text": "[…] being now out of print, I shall use the freedom to give an extract from it, and in an Appendix to this Pamphlet (No. II.), republish one of the Tables that Author refers to, which will shew the facts he founded his reasoning upon, and the nature of the deductions which were the result of his researches.",
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          "text": "His Heir of Line in 1785 claimed the Dignity of Lord Spynie, founding the claim upon the Charter of 1590, but it being certain that a Dignity of the Peerage of Scotland could not, at least in the reign of James the Sixth, be granted by a Charter making no reference to a Seat in Parliament or the Dignity of a Lord of Parliament, Counsel abandoned the claim under the Charter and insisted that the other evidence sufficiently supported the claim of the Heir of Line.",
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          "ref": "1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009",
          "text": "I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found.\" / \"And—what?\" / \"Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.",
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          "text": "[…] being now out of print, I shall use the freedom to give an extract from it, and in an Appendix to this Pamphlet (No. II.), republish one of the Tables that Author refers to, which will shew the facts he founded his reasoning upon, and the nature of the deductions which were the result of his researches.",
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      "sense": "to start organization",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʔassasa",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "أَسَّسَ"
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      "roman": "himnadrel",
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      "word": "հիմնադրել"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "ստեղծել"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "հիմնել"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "učredjavam",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "учредявам"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎzdavam",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "създавам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fundar"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "設立"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèlì",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "设立"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "založit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "grundlægge"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "stichten"
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    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "grg",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "g:r-grg"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "perustaa"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fonder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dapuʒvneba",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "დაფუძვნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "gründen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idrýo",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "ιδρύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "systíno",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "συστήνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "alapít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "megalapít"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "okosu",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "興す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uchitateru",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "打ち立てる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsuritsu suru",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "設立する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑŋkaət",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "បង្កើត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seolliphada",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "설립하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "suriphada",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "수립하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fundō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "dibināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "grunnlegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "ġegrundweallian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "staþolian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "założyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "zakładać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "tiqsiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "întemeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "osnóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
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      "word": "осно́вывать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "osnovátʹ",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
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      "word": "основа́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učreždátʹ",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "учрежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "učredítʹ",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "учреди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "foond"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "stèidhich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "založiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "fundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "grunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "kurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zasnóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "засно́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zasnuváty",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заснува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "osnóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osnuváty",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оснува́ти"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avekshteln",
      "sense": "to start an organization",
      "word": "אַוועקשטעלן"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔassasa",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "أَسَّسَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "himkʿə dnel",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "հիմքը դնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "himkʿə gcʿel",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "հիմքը գցել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "fundedz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnovavam",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "основавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "fundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénglì",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "成立"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "創設"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuàngshè",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "创设"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "založit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "grundlægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "perustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "fonder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sapuʒvlis čaq̇ra",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "საფუძვლის ჩაყრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dapuʒvneba",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "დაფუძვნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "errichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "gründen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "themelióno",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "θεμελιώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "fondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kiso wo kizuku",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "基礎を築く"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑŋkaət",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "បង្កើត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seolliphada",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "설립하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "utsenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "grunnlegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "astemnian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "gegrundweallian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "budować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "zbudować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "tworzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "stworzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "fundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "tiksiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "funda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "întemeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "înființa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "осно́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnovátʹ",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "основа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "foond"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "založiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "fundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "grundlägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to begin building",
      "word": "temel atmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "found"
}

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        "To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast."
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        "A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers."
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