founder
US: /ˈfaʊndɝ/
UK: /fˈaʊndɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
founder /'faundə/- danh từ
- thợ đúc (gang...)
- người thành lập, người sáng lập
- (thú y học) viêm khớp chân, (ngựa) (vì làm việc quá sức)
- nội động từ
- sập xuống, sụt lở (đất, nhà)
- bị chìm, chìm nghỉm, bị đắm (tàu thuỷ)
- bị quỵ (vì làm việc quá sức); bị què; bị sa lầy (ngựa)
- ngoại động từ
- làm chìm, làm đắm (tàu thuỷ)
- làm quỵ (ngựa)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
a person who starts an organization, institution, etc. or causes sth to be built: the founder and president of the company
+ verb [V] ~ (on sth) (written)
1 (of a plan, etc.) to fail because of a particular problem or difficulty: The project foundered after problems with funding. + The peace talks foundered on a basic lack of trust.
2 (of a ship) to fill with water and sink: Our boat foundered on a reef.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
originator, creator, progenitor, author, framer, father, architect, designer, builder, initiator, establisher, institutor:
Today we honour the founder of this great university.
v.
1 sink, go down or under, go to Davy Jones's locker, be wrecked or destroyed:
Many a proud vessel has foundered on this rock.
2 fail, miscarry, collapse, come to nothing or naught, fall through, abort, falter, break down, come to grief, die:
After Alice left to get married, the business foundered.
3 trip, stumble, stagger, lurch, fall, topple (over or down), collapse; go lame:
He drove the horse too hard and caused it to founder.
Collocation
ADJ.
original | joint
a wife and husband who are joint founders of the company
| company
FOUNDER + NOUN
member
a founder member of the band
Concise dictionary
foundress|founders|foundresses|foundered|foundering'faʊndə(r)noun
+inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
+a person who founds or establishes some institution
+a worker who makes metal castings
verb
+fail utterly; collapse
+sink below the surface
+break down, literally or metaphorically
+stumble and nearly fall
