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to sponsor

to sponsor

362 3.7
To support and take responsibility for an event or person by giving money
  • verb
  • /ˈspɒnsər/
translation icon : patrocinar
  • You know this show is sponsored by Better Help.
  • a sponsored event
  • a sponsored program
  • sponsored health insurance

You know, this is not sponsored by Lacroix.

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Examples

  • And we thank Bluetooth for sponsoring this podcast.

  • But I would send that money overseas to sponsor orphans.

  • This show is sponsored by Better Help.

  • We met a few months ago when she sponsored one of my projects through a state foundation.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The U.S. federal government is set to sponsor four new attempts to reproduce those results.

    Academic text (2011)
  • As part of its program, the foundation sponsored archaeological digs in China.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Huge thank you to Sheen for sponsoring this week's video.

  • And thank you to air up for sponsoring today's podcast.

  • Science Park, the top Elysian research institute, sponsored field work on Prokaryon.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The local business decided to sponsor the community event to help raise funds for charity.

Synonyms

to cosponsor
vsto sponsor
4 4.2

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

can be done alone and may include taking full responsibility or presenting ideas
to patronize
vsto sponsor
  • US
3 6.0

To give money or help to an organization

includes taking responsibility and presenting ideas or projects not only funding

Antonyms

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

159 3.5

To take money or things out of a place where they are kept

Compounds

co-sponsor
  • Formal
3.8

A person in government who joins others to support a proposed law

How Supportive

to bankroll
29 6.3
to fund
576 3.0
to sponsor
362 3.7
to back
932 1.0
to support
1.0

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Sponsor comes from the Latin verb spondere, which means 'to promise'. To sponsor something is to promise support or take responsibility for it, often by providing money, so the origin explains the modern meaning.