Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To establish or found in concert with another or others.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To found together or at the same time.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To found at the same time as another
  • verb To found with one or more other people

Etymologies

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co- +‎ found

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Examples

  • Michael Reger used $3 million raised from friends and family to cofound Northern Oil & Gas Inc. in 2006 at the age of 30.

    Young CEOs: Are They Up to the Job? Spencer E. Ante 2012

  • In any case, Kan used his newfound fame to cofound the Democratic Party of Japan later that year, and was a critic of political strategist Ichiro Ozawa, then the leader of a rival party.

    Japan’s Not-So-Prime Minister 2010

  • Today Marvell Technology, the semiconductor design company she went on to cofound 15 years ago with her Indonesian-Chinese husband and his brother, employs 5,000 worldwide and trades on the Nasdaq with an $11 billion market cap.

    Marvell Technology's Mobile Connector 2010

  • No one could have guessed when he arrived at age 6 as a refugee from the Soviet Union that Sergey Brin would go on to cofound Google

    Let Them In Philippe Legrain 2010

  • Then came a book, The Facebook Era, and the decision to cofound a company, Hearsay Labs, which develops social sales and service tools.

    How Facebook Changes Marketing And Sales 2010

  • Family support allowed Vanderbilt University fraternity brothers David Muzzo and Cameron Chalmers in 2000 to cofound Study Island, an educational software company.

    Families: Nurture Entrepreneurs 2010

  • Brin went on to cofound Google and is now worth an estimated $16 billion from his online information empire.

    Google Cofounder Gives To Charity That Helped Him Escape Anti-Semitism 2010

  • Today Marvell Technology, the semiconductor design company she went on to cofound 15 years ago with her Indonesian-Chinese husband and his brother, employs 5,000 worldwide and trades on the Nasdaq with an $11 billion market cap.

    Marvell Technology's Mobile Connector 2010

  • Brin went on to cofound Google and is now worth an estimated $16 billion from his online information empire.

    Google Cofounder Gives To Charity That Helped Him Escape Anti-Semitism 2010

  • Then came a book, The Facebook Era, and the decision to cofound a company, Hearsay Labs, which develops social sales and service tools.

    How Facebook Changes Marketing And Sales 2010

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