founder[noun]initiator, architect, author, beginner, father, inventor, originator
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[verb]Synonyms:- sink, be lost, go down, go to the bottom, submerge
- fail, break down, collapse, come to grief, come unstuck, fall through, miscarry, misfire
- stumble, lurch, sprawl, stagger, trip
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I. found‧er1 AC /ˈfaʊndə $ -ər/
noun [countable] [
Word Family: verb: found;
noun:
founder]
someone who establishes a business, organization, school etc
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II. founder2 verb [intransitive] formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: fondrer, from Latin fundus 'bottom']
1. to fail after a period of time because something has gone wrong:
Their marriage began to founder soon after the honeymoon.founder on The talks foundered on disagreements between the two parties.2. if a ship or boat founders, it fills with water and sinks
founder on The ship foundered on the rocks. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲