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found2

 
pronunciation:
faUnd
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part of speech: verb
inflections: founds, founding, founded
definition: to set up or create; establish.
In 1857, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell founded a hospital run by women.
synonyms:
establish, originate, start
antonyms:
dissolve
similar words:
build, construct, create, develop, erect, initiate, institute, introduce, raise, rear, root, set
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The word found contains the following part:
found1, fund Latin root that means bottom, base
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