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founder

释义

founder

noun countable

UK /ˈfaʊndə(r)/

Word Forms

singular	founder
plural	founders

1
someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community
one of the original founders of the Communist party in Britain
Synonyms and related words
Starting up in business
bootstrap
go into
set up

founder

noun countable

US /ˈfaʊndər/

Word Forms

singular	founder
plural	founders

1
someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community
one of the original founders of the Libertarian party
Synonyms and related words
Starting up in business
bootstrap
go into
set up

founder

verb intransitive

UK /ˈfaʊndə(r)/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	founder
he/she/it	founders
present participle	foundering
past tense	foundered
past participle	foundered

1
to begin to fail
Plans for a new stadium have foundered for lack of funds.
Synonyms and related words
To fail, or to stop being successful
fail
founder
languish
2
if a ship or boat founders, it becomes full of water and sinks
Synonyms and related words
What ships and boats do
capsize
cast off
come about
Synonyms and related words
Shipwrecks and accidents at sea
coastguard
founder
keel over

founder

verb intransitive

US /ˈfaʊndər/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	founder
he/she/it	founders
present participle	foundering
past tense	foundered
past participle	foundered

1
to begin to fail
Synonyms and related words
To fail, or to stop being successful
fail
founder
languish
2
if a ship or boat founders, it becomes full of water and sinks
Synonyms and related words
What ships and boats do
capsize
cast off
come about
Synonyms and related words
Shipwrecks and accidents at sea
coastguard
founder
keel over

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