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funded

/ˈfʌndɪd/

funded is the simple past and past participle of fund.

Adjective

funded (comparative more funded, superlative most funded)

  1. Having received financial support; paid for.
    • Byford said: "There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery, and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport network.2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8
    1. (in-compounds) Having received financial support from a particular source.
      • a tax-funded project
  2. Invested in public funds; existing in the form of bonds.

Meaning of fund

Verb

fund (third-person singular simple present funds, present participle funding, simple past and past participle funded)

  1. (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
    • He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.
  2. (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
  3. (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.

See all 7 meanings of fund

Antonyms of funded

Forms of funded

comparativemore funded
superlativemost funded

Words formed from funded

Questions about funded

What does funded mean?
Funded means having received financial support; paid for.
What is funded the simple past and past participle of?
Funded is the simple past and past participle of fund.
What part of speech is funded?
Funded is an adjective.
How do you pronounce funded?
Funded is pronounced /ˈfʌndɪd/.

Words near funded in the dictionary

  1. fundatrix
  2. funday
  3. fundays
  4. fundectomies
  5. fundectomy
  6. funded
  7. Fundenhall
  8. Fundeni
  9. funder
  10. Funderburg
  11. Funderburgs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: funded (page history and authors); fund (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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