founder
🇺🇸
/ˈfaʊndər/
🇬🇧
/ˈfaʊndə(r)/
noun
B2
a person who starts an organization or builds something
The founder of the company started it in his garage.
intransitive verb
R
to fail because of a problem
The project foundered when the founder left.
R
to fill with water and sink
The ship foundered after hitting rocks.
translation
a person who starts an organization or builds something
to fail because of a problem; to fill with water and sink
Word Forms
3rd Present
founders
Progressive
foundering
Past
foundered
Plural
founders
Perfect
foundered