found ~ fond ~ fund:
Therefore, care should be taken while using them in speech and also while reading them out from any text.
(found a dollar bill)
“Found” — [For the right pronunciation of this word, please click here.]
(a) (verb) it is both the past and past participle form of the verb word ‘find’: find – found – found – finding which means ‘to discover something by chance; to get back something that was lost’,
(b) (verb) found – founded – founded – founding means ‘to build, to start, to establish, etc. something, such as a society, an organisation, a public library or even a school’ [the person who founded something is called a ‘founder’] ; and (of some opinion and beliefs) ‘be based on something’.
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(fond of her dog)
“Fond” — [For the right pronunciation of this word, please click here.]
(adjective) means ‘kind, loving; having great or too much liking; foolishly loving; hoped for, etc.’.
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(funding elections?)
“Fund” — [For the right pronunciation of this word, please click here.]
(a) (noun) is ‘a supply of money (also non-material things) set apart or kept in reserve for some future purpose’,
(b) (verb) fund – funded – funded – funding means ‘to supply or provide money for a special purpose’.
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e.g.
I found my (lost) book. (find — found — found)
I am planning to found a trust. (found — founded — founded)
Who founded the Missionaries of Charity? (found — founded — founded)
Our school is the oldest in the city; it was founded by a king some seventy years ago. (found — founded — founded)
She is fond of music. (adjective)
His fond mother has spoiled him. (adjective)
The municipal corporation is building a public library with local funds. (noun)
Some educational projects in our country are funded by the World Bank. (fund — funded — funded)
