founded

founded
[[t]fa͟ʊndɪd[/t]]
ADJ: v-link ADJ on n
If something is founded on a particular thing, it is based on it.
See also found

The criticisms are founded on facts as well as on convictions...

His game is founded on power and determination.


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  • founded — adj. based; often used as combining terms; as, well founded suspicions. Syn: based. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • founded — founded; un·founded; …   English syllables

  • founded on — index based on Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Founded — Found Found, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See 1st {Bottom}, and cf. {Founder}, v. i., {Fund}.] 1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • founded — Based upon; arising from, growing out of, or resting upon; as in the expressions founded in fraud, founded on a consideration, founded on contract, and the like …   Black's law dictionary

  • founded — Based upon; arising from, growing out of, or resting upon; as in the expressions founded in fraud, founded on a consideration, founded on contract, and the like …   Black's law dictionary

  • Founded — Found Found, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Founding}.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.] To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. Whereof to found their engines. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • founded — 1. verb a) To set up; to launch; to institute. b) Use as a basis for; grounded on. 2. adjective Having a basis. She offered a well founded hypothesis …   Wiktionary

  • founded in confidence — index fiduciary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • founded in law — index jural Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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