founder
gb/fˈaʊndɚ/ us/fˈaʊndɚ/
B2
Αγγλικά
~ 5700
alapító, meghiúsul, elsüllyed, fémöntő, patairha-gyulladás
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
B2
1
alapító
B1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
the founder of [an organization]
The founder of the company still sits on the board of directors.
A vállalat alapítója még mindig tagja az igazgatótanácsnak.
As one of the startup's founders, she took a big financial risk in the early days.
A startup egyik alapítójaként nagy pénzügyi kockázatot vállalt a kezdeti időkben.
The charity's founder began the organization in her living room.
Many tech founders move to Silicon Valley to grow their businesses.
He is best known as the founder of a global environmental movement.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The founder of Facebook is very famous.
A Facebook alapítója nagyon híres.
Her dream is to become the founder of her own fashion brand.
Az az álma, hogy a saját divatmárkája alapítója legyen.
The school was named after its first founder.
The two founders worked in a small office at home.
He is one of the founders of this sports club.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse "founder" with "funder". A founder starts the organization, while a funder gives money to support it. Another confusion is using "founder" instead of "owner": a founder may not still own or control the organization.
Σημασία
person who starts an organization
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
company founder
|startup founder
|founder and CEO
|co-founder
|founder member
|charity founder
Συνώνυμα
founder (often used in titles, e.g. "Founder and CEO", and focuses on original creation rather than day-to-day management.)
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originator (more formal and general; can refer to the person who first created any idea, method, or product, not just organizations.)
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entrepreneur (emphasizes business risk-taking and innovation; not always the same as the formal legal founder.)
Αντώνυμα
successor (refers to someone who takes over leadership after the founder, not the original creator.)
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follower (a person who joins or supports something after it has already been started.)
Θέματα
business
|work
|society
Ορισμός
A person who starts a business, group, or movement for the first time.
A person who creates and establishes a business, organization, or movement, especially one who is recognized as its original creator.
ΡΉΜΑ
C1
2
meghiúsul
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[a project/plan/system] founders (on/over) [a problem]
The merger talks foundered over disagreements about who would lead the new company.
Az összeolvadási tárgyalások meghiúsultak, mert nem értettek egyet abban, ki vezesse az új vállalatot.
The peace process foundered after several key leaders resigned.
A békefolyamat több kulcsfontosságú vezető lemondása után meghiúsult.
Their ambitious housing project foundered when funding was withdrawn.
His political career foundered following the corruption scandal.
The initiative foundered because there was no clear plan or leadership.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The plan foundered because no one wanted to pay for it.
A terv meghiúsult, mert senki sem akart fizetni érte.
The talks foundered when both sides refused to change their position.
A tárgyalások meghiúsultak, amikor egyik fél sem volt hajlandó változtatni az álláspontján.
The project foundered after the manager left the company.
Their business foundered during the economic crisis.
The deal foundered at the last moment.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners often confuse "founder" with "flounder". "A project founders" means it fails, while "a project flounders" means it struggles or has great difficulty. Also, do not use this verb when you mean "to start"; that is "to found", not "to founder".
Σημασία
for a plan or project to fail
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
talks founder
|negotiations founder
|peace process founder
|project foundered
|marriage foundered
|scheme foundered
Συνώνυμα
collapse (suggests a sudden or dramatic failure, sometimes after a period of apparent stability.)
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fail (more general and widely used; does not necessarily imply the serious or complete breakdown that "founder" often suggests.)
Αντώνυμα
succeed (describes a plan or project achieving its goals instead of failing.)
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thrive (implies doing very well and growing strongly rather than struggling and failing.)
Θέματα
business
|society
|politics
|work
Ορισμός
To have so many problems that a plan, project, or system cannot continue and fails.
To experience serious problems and fail completely, so that progress or success becomes impossible.
ΡΉΜΑ
C1
3
elsüllyed
A2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[a boat/ship] founders [in water/place]
The fishing boat foundered in heavy seas, but the crew were rescued.
A halászhajó elsüllyedt a viharos tengeren, de a legénységet kimentették.
Their yacht foundered off the coast after hitting a submerged rock.
A jachtjuk elsüllyedt a part közelében, miután víz alatti sziklának ütközött.
The ferry began to take on water and eventually foundered near the harbor.
Several small vessels foundered during the storm.
The ship foundered so quickly that passengers had little time to escape.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The old ship foundered in the storm.
A régi hajó elsüllyedt a viharban.
The boat foundered after it hit a rock.
A csónak elsüllyedt, miután egy sziklának ütközött.
The small fishing boat foundered near the island.
The yacht foundered, but all the people were safe.
The vessel foundered in deep water.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may try to use "founder" for objects that are not boats or ships. For most everyday situations, use "sink"; use "founder" mainly for boats and ships in serious or news-style contexts.
Σημασία
for a ship to sink
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
ship foundered
|boat foundered
|vessel foundered
|yacht foundered
|founder in heavy seas
|founder off the coast
Συνώνυμα
sink (the most common everyday verb; "founder" is somewhat more formal or literary and used mainly for boats and ships.)
Αντώνυμα
stay afloat (describes a ship remaining on the surface instead of going under the water.)
Θέματα
transport
|disasters
|travel
|transportation
Ορισμός
When a boat or ship fills with water and goes under the sea or a lake.
Of a boat or ship: to fill with water and sink, especially in bad weather or after being damaged.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
C2
TECHNICAL
4
fémöntő
C1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
an [iron/bronze/bell] founder
The bell was made by a famous seventeenth-century founder.
A harangot egy híres tizenhetedik századi harangöntő készítette.
As an iron founder, he supplied cast parts to several local factories.
Vasöntőként öntött alkatrészeket szállított több helyi gyárnak.
The museum includes tools used by early bronze founders.
The church hired a specialist founder to restore its historic bells.
The inscription gives the name of the founder and the year the bell was cast.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The bell founder made a large church bell.
A harangöntő egy nagy templomharangot készített.
Her grandfather worked as an iron founder.
Nagyapja vasöntőként dolgozott.
The bronze founder poured the hot metal into a mold.
The old tools belonged to a metal founder.
A skilled founder can make many different metal shapes.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners rarely use this meaning. The main risk is confusing this technical job title with the more common meaning of "founder" as a person who starts a company.
Σημασία
worker who casts metal
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
iron founder
|bronze founder
|bell founder
|master founder
|founder casting
|founder’s workshop
Συνώνυμα
metal caster (a clear technical description; slightly more transparent for learners but less used as a job title.)
Αντώνυμα
fabricator (not a true opposite in meaning, but contrasts a worker who forms metal by shaping and assembling rather than by casting.)
Θέματα
work
|technology
|industry
|science
Ορισμός
A worker who melts metal and pours it into shapes to make things like bells or machine parts.
A specialist worker who produces metal objects by melting metal and pouring it into molds to make castings.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
C2
TECHNICAL
5
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[a horse] suffers from founder
The pony developed founder after eating too much rich grass.
A póninál patairha-gyulladás alakult ki, miután túl sok dús füvet evett.
Chronic founder can leave a horse permanently lame.
A krónikus patairha-gyulladás maradandóan sántává teheti a lovat.
The vet explained how diet and weight control could help prevent founder.
Signs of founder include heat in the hooves and difficulty walking.
The horse’s history of founder made buyers cautious.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The horse cannot walk well because it has founder.
A ló nem tud rendesen járni, mert patairha-gyulladása van.
Too much rich food can cause founder in horses.
A túl tápláló takarmány patairha-gyulladást okozhat a lovaknál.
The vet is treating the horse for founder.
Founder is a serious problem in a horse’s feet.
The farmer worries about founder in his ponies.
Συχνό λάθος:
This sense is mostly used by people who work with horses. Learners may see it in texts about animals and confuse it with the more common meaning of "founder" as a person who starts a company.
Σημασία
laminitis in horses
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
suffer from founder
|chronic founder
|acute founder
|severe founder
|treat founder
|signs of founder
Συνώνυμα
laminitis (the standard veterinary term; "founder" is more common in everyday horse-care speech, especially in some dialects.)
Αντώνυμα
soundness (in horse care, describes a horse that is healthy and free from lameness or hoof disease, the opposite of having founder.)
Θέματα
animals
|medicine
|health
Ορισμός
A painful problem in a horse’s feet, also called laminitis, that can make it hard or impossible for the horse to walk.
A serious disease in horses (laminitis) in which the tissues inside the hoof become inflamed, causing severe pain and sometimes permanent damage.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
founder
IPA
GB/fˈaʊndɚ/
US/fˈaʊndɚ/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
founder (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (founder)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: founder
- Plural: founders
Verb
- Base: founder
- 3rd Person Singular: founders
- Present Participle: foundering
- Past: foundered
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
founders
noun
foundering
verb
foundered
verb
Core family
found
verb
foundation
noun A2
Related words
founding
adjective
co-founder
noun
foundational
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unfounded
adjective
Advanced or less common
foundationally
adverb
Εκφράσεις
company founder
1/kˈʌmpəni fˈaʊndɚ/
fixed phrase
person who started a company
A person who started a company.
Παραδείγματα
- The company founder sold his shares after thirty years.
- Several company founders spoke at the entrepreneurship conference.
- As a company founder, she remembers working from her kitchen table.
founder and CEO
1/fˈaʊndɚ ˈænd sˈi ˈi ˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
person who started and leads a company
A job title for someone who started a company and is also the main boss (chief executive officer).
Παραδείγματα
- She is the founder and CEO of a fast-growing software company.
- The founder and CEO announced a new strategy to expand into Asia.
- As founder and CEO, he still makes all the major decisions.
founder effect
1/fˈaʊndɚ ɪfˈɛkt/
fixed phrase
technical
genetic pattern from small starting group
In genetics, a situation where a new group of people or animals starts from only a few members, so the group’s genes are limited and can be different from the original larger population.
Παραδείγματα
- The high rate of the disease in this community is partly explained by the founder effect.
- Researchers studied the founder effect in isolated island populations.
- The population shows clear signs of a founder effect in its genetic markers.
founder member
1/fˈaʊndɚ mˈɛmbɚ/
fixed phrase
original member who helped start a group
One of the first members of a club, group, or organization when it began.
Παραδείγματα
- He is a founder member of the local music society.
- Several founder members attended the club’s 50th anniversary celebration.
- As a founder member, she helped to write the group’s first rules.
startup founder
1/stˈɑɹtˌʌp fˈaʊndɚ/
fixed phrase
person who starts a new startup
A person who starts a new, often small and fast-growing business, usually in technology.
Παραδείγματα
- Many startup founders work long hours for very little pay at first.
- The event gives startup founders a chance to meet investors.
- As a young startup founder, he moved to a big tech hub.