| query | The f______ of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money.The founder of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money. He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. |
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| word | founder |
| full-definition | noun The founder of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money. He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. verb If something such as a plan or project founders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem . Talks had foundered over the guarantees offered by the government against possible losses. If a ship founders, it fills with water and sinks. Three ships foundered in heavy seas. |
| inflections | foundersfounderingfoundered |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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