"cofound" meaning in English

See cofound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cofounds [present, singular, third-person], cofounding [participle, present], cofounded [participle, past], cofounded [past], co-found [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English found English cofound From co- + found. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|co-|found|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English found English cofound [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "beside", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "here", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱóm", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "con-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "co-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "co-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "found", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cofound", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cofound"> From co- + found. Head templates: {{en-verb}} cofound (third-person singular simple present cofounds, present participle cofounding, simple past and past participle cofounded)
  1. (transitive) To found at the same time as another. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cofound-en-verb-m~-cSssV Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 85 15
  2. (transitive) To found with one or more other people. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cofound-en-verb-bvdi2Bjs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cofounder Related terms: cofinding

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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