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- [spon-ser]
- /ˈspɒn sər/
- /ˈspɒn.sər/
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- [spon-ser]
- /ˈspɒn sər/
Definitions of sponsor word
- noun sponsor a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing. 1
- noun sponsor a person, firm, organization, etc., that finances and buys the time to broadcast a radio or television program so as to advertise a product, a political party, etc. 1
- noun sponsor a person who makes a pledge or promise on behalf of another. 1
- noun sponsor a person who answers for an infant at baptism, making the required professions and assuming responsibility for the child's religious upbringing; godfather or godmother. 1
- verb with object sponsor to act as sponsor for; promise, vouch, or answer for. 1
- noun sponsor patron 1
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Origin of sponsor
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; < Latin spōnsor guarantor, equivalent to spond(ēre) to pledge + -tor -tor, with dt > s
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Parts of speech for Sponsor
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
exclamation
sponsor popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sponsor usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sponsor
noun sponsor
- advertiser — An advertiser is a person or company that pays for a product, event, or job to be advertised in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- backer — A backer is someone who helps or supports a project, organization, or person, often by giving or lending money.
verb sponsor
- advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
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