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Meaning of Sponsor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈspɒn.sə

Definitions

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.
A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

العربية المتبنّي

Bosanski patron sponzor спонзор шеф

Čeština sponzor sponzorovat

Cymraeg noddi

Deutsch Geldgeber Mäzen sponsern Sponsor Sponsorin

Ελληνικά αγωνοθέτης αγωνοθέτρια αθλοθέτης αθλοθέτρια ανάδοχος επιχορηγώ χορηγός

Esperanto patroni

Español auspiciador auspiciar esponsor esponsorizar mecenas patrocinador patrocinar propiciador propiciar sponsor (spónsor)

Suomi perheenkokoaja rahoittaja sponsori sponsoroida tukija

Français commanditaire commanditer Financer parrainer patronner sponsor sponsoriser

Gaeilge urraigh

Gàidhlig goistidh neach-stèidheachaidh sponsair sponsairich

Galego patrocinador

हिन्दी यजमान

Hrvatski patron sponzor спонзор шеф

Italiano sponsor

日本語スポンサー主催者

ქართული დამფინანსებელი სპონსორი

한국어 스폰서

Kurdî patron sponsor

Latina auctor

Македонски спонзор

Bahasa Melayu penganjur

Nederlands sponsoren

Polski fundator mecenas patron protektor sponsor sponsorka sponsorować zasponsorować

Português patrocinador patrocinar sponsor

Română sponsoriza

Русский меценат профинансировать спонсировать спонсор финансировать

Српски patron sponzor спонзор шеф

Svenska sponsor sponsra

Kiswahili mfadhili

ไทย ผู้สนับสนุน ผู้ให้

Українська покровитель покровителька спо́нсор шеф

Tiếng Việt tài trợ

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.”

“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.”

“And now a word from our sponsor ⟳.”

CEFR level

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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