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B2Academic AWL-9Frequent NGSL-3UK /faʊnd/US /faʊnd/
Meaning
verb
to start something, such as an organization or an institution, especially by providing money
“to found a club/company/school”
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“My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.”
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“They might well have found out for the first time on graduation day.”
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