found
set up or found
How often you will meet it
Rank 163 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 146,714 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.070% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- set up or found also: establish, set up, launch She set up a literacy program
- set up or lay the groundwork for also: establish, plant, constitute, institute establish a new department
- use as a basis for; found on also: establish, base, ground base a claim on some observation
noun
- food and lodging provided in addition to money they worked for $30 and found
adjective
- come upon unexpectedly or after searching found artthe lost-and-found department
found in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A bear's tracks had been found in that ravine only the day before.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Johnny McLean found interest in masses, in the drab-and-dun village on the prairie.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Soon I found myself eating and drinking, and the blood once more was mashing through my veins.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Suddenly I found myself face to face with the young man whose personality had so strangely stirred me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1