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CEFR: B2
To establish, originate, or construct the initial institutional, financial, and physical basis of an organization, city, or enterprise.
Synonyms
- establish
- institute
- inaugurate
Common Collocations
- found an institution
- co-found a company
- firmly founded on
Example Sentence
Philip Astley is widely recognized as having founded the modern circus in London in seventeen sixty-eight.