sponsor
//ˈspɒn.səː//
Forms
- Plural
- sponsors
- present (v1)
- sponsor
- past (v2)
- sponsored
- past participle (v3)
- sponsored
- present participle
- sponsoring
- 3rd person singular
- sponsors
Definitions
1.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.
- They were my sponsors for immigration.
- He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
- My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
2.A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
- And now a word from our sponsor.
1.To be a sponsor for.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4159
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).