sponsor
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
Inflected forms:
form: sponsors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sponsors
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sponsoring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sponsored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sponsored
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
pos: noun
examples: He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
They were my sponsors for immigration.
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
gloss: A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
pos: noun
examples: My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
Members also choose a sponsor, with whom they are supposed to remain in regular, even daily, contact—and that, too, is a powerful boost for monitoring.
gloss: A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
pos: noun
examples: And now a word from our sponsor.
gloss: To be a sponsor for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: رَاعٍ
roman: rāʕin
lang: Belarusian
word: паручы́цель
roman: paručýcjelʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: паручы́целька
roman: paručýcjelʹka
lang: Bulgarian
word: поръчи́тел
roman: porǎčítel
lang: Bulgarian
word: поръчи́телка
roman: porǎčítelka
lang: Bulgarian
word: попечител
roman: popečitel
lang: Catalan
word: patrocinador
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 保證人 /保证人
roman: bǎozhèngrén
lang: Czech
word: sponzor
lang: Czech
word: sponzorka
lang: Dutch
word: sponsor
lang: Esperanto
word: patrono
lang: Finnish
word: tukija
lang: Finnish
word: tukihenkilö
lang: French
word: commanditaire
lang: French
word: sponsor
lang: Galician
word: patrocinador
lang: Galician
word: patrocinadora
lang: German
word: Sponsor
lang: German
word: Sponsorin
lang: Greek
word: χορηγός
roman: chorigós
lang: Greek
word: ανάδοχος
roman: anádochos
lang: Indonesian
word: sponsor
lang: Irish
word: urraitheoir
lang: Macedonian
word: покровител
roman: pokrovitel
lang: Macedonian
word: покровителка
roman: pokrovitelka
lang: Manx
word: barrantagh
lang: Māori
word: kaitautoko
lang: Polish
word: sponsor
lang: Polish
word: sponsorka
lang: Portuguese
word: patrocinador
lang: Russian
word: поручи́тель
roman: poručítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: поручи́тельница
roman: poručítelʹnica
lang: Russian
word: покрови́тель
roman: pokrovítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: покрови́тельница
roman: pokrovítelʹnica
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sponsair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: goistidh (godfather)
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bana-ghoistidh (godmother)
lang: Spanish
word: patrocinador
lang: Spanish
word: patrocinadora
lang: Swahili
word: mfadhili
lang: Swedish
word: fadder
lang: Swedish
word: gudmor
lang: Swedish
word: gudfar
lang: Ukrainian
word: поручи́тель
roman: poručýtelʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: поручи́телька
roman: poručýtelʹka
lang: Volapük
word: spönan
lang: Volapük
word: hispönan
lang: Volapük
word: jispönan
lang: Welsh
word: noddwr