founder

[US]/ˈfaʊndə(r)/
[UK]/ˈfaʊndər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. sink; fail; collapse
vt. destroy; cause to fall
n. one who establishes or initiates; originator; creator

Phrases & Collocations

founder and CEO

co-founder

founder member

Example Sentences

the founder of bacteriology

the founder of a university; the founders of a new nation.

The plan foundered for lack of support.

a founder member of the band

the talks foundered on the issue of reform.

a community that incarnates its founders' ideals.

Dr Hardy was a founder member of the club.

a wife and husband who are joint founders of the company

they are family-run empires whose founders remain at the helm .

the company's founder, Henry Ford, gave his name to Fordism.

The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning.

A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization.

six drowned when the yacht foundered off the Cornish coast.

The legends they’re drawing on go back to those pioneers, whether it’s a founder or a key reshaper.

So today I will tell you a famous quote of Mark Thews,the founder of Kombrae.

the bad news is that you have to do something with them,” says Kris Pister, the co-founder of Dust Networks.

Beedarn is currently the acting concertmaster of the Rochester Orchestra and Chorale and founder of the Rochester Chamber Music Series.

"We don't want to be just another online store creator," founder Rishi Shah says.

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