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🏛️ A bill supporter 🤝 A joint supporter 🤝 To support together
to co-sponsor

to co-sponsor

3.9
To help pay for and organize something together with other people or groups
  • verb
  • /koʊˈspɒnsər/
translation icon : coauspiciar
  • The two companies co-sponsored a charity event to raise funds for local schools.

And I remember first of all, I sent out a blast to every member of Congress encouraging them to Co sponsor the Stop Arming Terrorists Act.

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Examples

  • The American Embassy in Cairo is Co sponsoring with a private company called Share the Mic, an American Idol style singing contest for women in Egypt.

  • We have Co sponsored some legislation in California that incentivizes transition to plant based production.

    Rich Roll

  • And Cease and others who have Co sponsored, It's great to be here.

    Stanford

  • You wrote and Co sponsored and voted for legislation that would require it.

  • So at the beginning for seven terms, I had to take that bill and haul it around and get people to Co sponsor it yet again.

  • They, by the way, are Co sponsoring the Sofia event because it is connected to Stoicism.

  • Prince, I was getting the chairs, I don't know if you said, but this is a Co sponsored event at CCSREA and Scope.

  • All right, the three biggest spenders also support banning private insurance unless they don't Harris Co sponsored Sanders bill which bans it.

  • The American Embassy in Cairo is co-sponsoring a contest to promote female talent in Egypt.

  • To bring awareness to climate change, several organizations co-sponsored the environmental conference together.

Synonyms

to sponsor
vsto co-sponsor
362 3.7

To support and take responsibility for an event or person by giving money

is specifically about sharing support with others rather than acting alone
to cosponsor
vsto co-sponsor
4 4.2

To join others in paying for an event, bill, or project

is the general term for joint organizing across many projects or activities

Antonyms

to oppose
∞ 2.9

To be against something and try to stop it

to withdraw support
7 4.3

To stop giving help and approval to a person or group

How Involved

spearhead
3 5.0
to co-sponsor
3.9
organizer
  • US
149 2.8
support
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

co-sponsor infinitive
co-sponsored past
co-sponsored past participle
co-sponsoring present participle
co-sponsors third person singular

Morphology

co-sponsor = sponsor (transparent) = co + sponsor

The verb meaning 'to jointly sponsor' is a predictable prefixation of 'sponsor' by 'co-'.

Etymology

Co-sponsor is made of co- 'together' and sponsor 'to support', so to co-sponsor something is to support or organise it together with other people or groups.