Collocations for "founder"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "founder" in context.
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founder
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the founder's [goals, mission]
- is the founder of modern [medicine, nutrition, physics]
- the founder and [CEO, president, director]
- our founder has [stated, declared] that
- honor the founder's [wishes, purpose]
- the [company, business] did not stay true to the founder
- the [company's] founder
- the founder of the [company]
- the founders of the [nation, republic]
- is the [grandson, great granddaughter] of the founder
- works as [an iron, a steel] founder
- the [boat, ship, vessel, yacht] foundered [off the coast, on the rocks, at sea]
- his horse foundered (and fell)
- the [talks, negotiations] foundered
- their marriage is foundering
- the [economy, government, business, company] is foundering (badly)
- left foundering
- foundering in the wake of [disaster, the war, bankruptcy]
- is the founder member of (the organization)
'founder' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):