found

Everyday

1. Found is the past of "find": "I found my keys." tree →
2. To found something is to start or set up an organisation, school, city or company: "She founded a charity." tree →
3. "Found" as an adjective means something that was lost and is found: "Lost and found". tree →
4. "Be found to be" (formal) means turned out to be after checking. tree →

In the lessons

In stories "found" is everywhere: someone lost something and found it, or found a clue. In history, people founded towns, schools and churches; the person is the founder. Lost-property boxes at school are labelled "lost and found". Phrases: found out (discovered the truth), found it, lost and found, founded by.

Examples

• I found a pound coin under the sofa! tree →
• We found out who ate the cake. tree →
• Saint Columba founded a monastery on Iona. tree →
• The school was founded by a group of nuns. tree →
• Check the lost and found box for your jumper. tree →
• The answer was found to be correct. tree →
• Holberg, Denmark's Moliere, founded here an academy for the sons of the nobles. tree →

Note

Two verbs share this spelling: find → found → found (irregular), and found → founded → founded (regular, "to start"). Trap: "founded" is NOT the past of find. "Find out" (discover) → "found out".

In Jewish tradition

In the sense of "founded," it means set up or begun, as the land of Egypt was founded.

Interpretation. In Sefer Yetzirah the word means God laid down the base for creation, the "foundation."

Examples

• Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. (Torah EXO.9.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• See also SY 5:4, where God simply יָסַד yasad 'founded', with no overt object.] in Thirty-Two [note 4: The number 32 represents the sum of the 10 Sefirot Belimah and 22 Letters of Foundation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens. (Writings PRO.3.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. (Writings PSA.24.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever. (Writings PSA.119.152, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Two verbs share this spelling: find → found → found (irregular), and found → founded → founded (regular, "to start"). Trap: "founded" is NOT the past of find. "Find out" (discover) → "found out".