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# found

verb (past and past participle of find: found); verb (found, founds, founded, founding — to start)

«found» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Found is the past of "find": "I found my keys." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#m1)
2. To found something is to start or set up an organisation, school, city or company: "She founded a charity." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#m2)
3. "Found" as an adjective means something that was lost and is found: "Lost and found". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#m3)
4. "Be found to be" (formal) means turned out to be after checking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x1)
- We found out who ate the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x2)
- Saint Columba founded a monastery on Iona. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x3)
- The school was founded by a group of nuns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x4)
- Check the lost and found box for your jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x5)
- The answer was found to be correct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x6)
- Holberg, Denmark's Moliere, founded here an academy for the sons of the nobles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x2)
- The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens. (Writings PRO.3.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x3)
- For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. (Writings PSA.24.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x4)
- Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever. (Writings PSA.119.152, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/#x5)

### 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".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «found» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/found/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «found» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/found/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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