different between found vs encountered

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: found, IPA^(key): /fa?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

See find.

Verb

found

1. simple past tense and past participle of find

Synonyms

• (past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)

Derived terms

• found art
• found footage
• found literature
• found music
• found object
• found poetry
• lost and found
• unfound

Noun

found (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Food and lodging; board.

Etymology 2

From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fund?re. Compare fund.

Verb

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

2. (transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
3. (transitive) To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to start organization): establish

Antonyms

• (to begin building): ruin
• (to start organization): dissolve, abolish

Related terms

• foundation
• founder

Translations

References

• Oxford Online Dictionary, found
• WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University

Etymology 3

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir.

Verb

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

1. To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
2. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

Related terms

• foundry

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

found (plural founds)

1. A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

Anagrams

• fondu

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?ka?nt?d/, /???ka?nt?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?ka?nt?d/, /???ka?nt?d/
• Hyphenation: en?coun?tered

Verb

encountered

1. simple past tense and past participle of encounter