"sponsor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɒn.sə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspɑn.sɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav Forms: sponsors [plural]
Etymology: From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|der|la>sponsor>surety|id=person}}, {{der|en|la|sponsor||a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism}} Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sponsor (plural sponsors)
  1. A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect. Hyponyms: godparent, gossip [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-noun-bODC2M5P Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 29 35 8
  2. A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
    A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.
    Hyponyms: godparent, gossip [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-noun-4yoWQkHE Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 29 35 8
  3. One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time. Categories (topical): Finance, Money, People Synonyms: patron, underwriter Translations (one that pays all or part of the cost of an event): спо́нсар (spónsar) [masculine] (Belarusian), спо́нсарка (spónsarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), спо́нсор (spónsor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), спо́нсорка (spónsorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 贊助者 (Chinese Mandarin), 赞助者 (zànzhùzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), sponzor [masculine] (Czech), sponzorka [feminine] (Czech), sponsori (Finnish), rahoittaja (Finnish), tukija (Finnish), sponsor [masculine] (French), commanditaire [Canada, masculine] (French), სპონსორი (sṗonsori) (Georgian), დამფინანსებელი (dampinansebeli) (Georgian), ფინანსური მხარდამჭერი (pinansuri mxardamč̣eri) (Georgian), Sponsor [masculine] (German), Sponsorin [feminine] (German), χορηγός (chorigós) [masculine] (Greek), sponsor [masculine] (Italian), スポンサー (suponsā) (Japanese), демеуші (demeuşı) (Kazakh), 스폰서 (seuponseo) (Korean), спонзор (sponzor) [masculine] (Macedonian), спонзорка (sponzorka) [feminine] (Macedonian), penganjur (Malay), sponseur [masculine] (Norman), spons'rêsse [feminine] (Norman), sponsor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sponsor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mecenas [masculine] (Polish), mecenaska [feminine] (Polish), sponsor [masculine] (Polish), sponsorka [feminine] (Polish), patrocinador [masculine] (Portuguese), спо́нсор (spónsor) [masculine] (Russian), мецена́т (mecenát) [masculine] (Russian), спо̏нзор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), спонзорка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), spȍnzor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sponzorka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sponzor [masculine] (Slovak), sponzorka [feminine] (Slovak), sponzor [masculine] (Slovene), sponzorka [feminine] (Slovene), patrocinador [masculine] (Spanish), auspiciador [masculine] (Spanish), mecenas [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sponsor [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), propiciador [masculine] (Spanish), mfadhili (Swahili), sponsor [common-gender] (Swedish), спо́нсор (spónsor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), спо́нсорка (spónsorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-noun-zxqbIiTM Disambiguation of Finance: 18 18 49 15 Disambiguation of Money: 16 16 52 16 Disambiguation of People: 4 22 59 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 13 entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 38 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 14 61 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 1 21 21 2 4 5 11 3 8 7 4 7 1 1 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 18 18 52 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 27 36 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 19 47 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 21 47 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 20 48 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 19 48 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 26 26 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 20 49 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 24 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 19 19 51 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 28 28 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 19 51 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 28 28 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 28 28 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 28 28 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 21 46 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 27 27 38 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 19 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 18 18 53 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 19 48 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 29 35 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 18 18 52 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 28 28 35 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 28 28 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 28 28 36 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 17 52 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 21 21 47 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 19 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 19 19 49 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 19 48 15 Disambiguation of 'one that pays all or part of the cost of an event': 2 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)): паручы́цель (paručýcjelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), паручы́целька (paručýcjelʹka) [feminine] (Belarusian), поръчи́тел (porǎčítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), поръчи́телка (porǎčítelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), попечител (popečitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), patrocinador [masculine] (Catalan), 保證人 (Chinese Mandarin), 保证人 (bǎozhèngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), sponzor [masculine] (Czech), sponzorka [feminine] (Czech), sponsor [masculine] (Dutch), patrono (Esperanto), tukija (Finnish), tukihenkilö (Finnish), commanditaire [masculine] (French), sponsor [masculine] (French), patrocinador [masculine] (Galician), patrocinadora [feminine] (Galician), Sponsor [masculine] (German), Sponsorin [feminine] (German), χορηγός (chorigós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ανάδοχος (anádochos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), sponsor (Indonesian), urraitheoir [masculine] (Irish), покровител (pokrovitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), покровителка (pokrovitelka) [feminine] (Macedonian), barrantagh [masculine] (Manx), kaitautoko (Maori), sponsor [masculine] (Polish), sponsorka [feminine] (Polish), patrocinador [masculine] (Portuguese), поручи́тель (poručítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), поручи́тельница (poručítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), покрови́тель (pokrovítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), покрови́тельница (pokrovítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), sponsair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), goistidh (godfather) [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bana-ghoistidh (godmother) [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), patrocinador [masculine] (Spanish), patrocinadora [feminine] (Spanish), mfadhili (Swahili), fadder [common-gender] (Swedish), gudmor [common-gender] (Swedish), gudfar [common-gender] (Swedish), поручи́тель (poručýtelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), поручи́телька (poručýtelʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), spönan (alt: ♂+♀) (Volapük), hispönan [masculine] (Volapük), jispönan [feminine] (Volapük), noddwr [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)': 46 46 8

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɒn.sə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspɑn.sɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav Forms: sponsors [present, singular, third-person], sponsoring [participle, present], sponsored [participle, past], sponsored [past]
Etymology: From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|der|la>sponsor>surety|id=person}}, {{der|en|la|sponsor||a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism}} Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)
  1. (transitive) To be a sponsor for. Tags: transitive Derived forms: cosponsor, sponsor-free, sponsorial, sponsorship Related terms: patron Translations (to be a sponsor for): спонсорирам (sponsoriram) (Bulgarian), sponzorovat (Czech), sponsoren (Dutch), patroni (Esperanto), sponsoroida (Finnish), commanditer (note: with respect to money) (French), sponsoriser (French), financer (French), parrainer (French), patronner (French), patrocinar (Galician), sponsern (German), επιχορηγώ (epichorigó) (Greek), sponsorar (Ido), urraigh (Irish), menganjurkan (Malay), tautoko (Maori), sponsorować [imperfective] (Polish), zasponsorować [perfective] (Polish), patrocinar (Portuguese), sponsoriza (Romanian), спонси́ровать (sponsírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), финанси́ровать (finansírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), профинанси́ровать (profinansírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sponsairich (Scottish Gaelic), patrocinar (Spanish), auspiciar (Spanish), esponsorizar (Spanish), propiciar (Spanish), sponsra (Swedish), noddi (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-verb-Einhssd9

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          "word": "patron"
        },
        {
          "word": "underwriter"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spónsar",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spónsarka",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсарка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spónsor",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spónsorka",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсорка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "贊助者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zànzhùzhě",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "赞助者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "sponsori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "rahoittaja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "tukija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "Canada",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "commanditaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sṗonsori",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "სპონსორი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dampinansebeli",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "დამფინანსებელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "pinansuri mxardamč̣eri",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "ფინანსური მხარდამჭერი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sponsorin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chorigós",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "χορηγός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suponsā",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "スポンサー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "demeuşı",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "демеуші"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seuponseo",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "스폰서"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sponzor",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спонзор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sponzorka",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спонзорка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "penganjur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponseur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spons'rêsse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mecenas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mecenaska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "patrocinador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spónsor",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mecenát",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мецена́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спо̏нзор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спонзорка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spȍnzor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sponzorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "patrocinador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "auspiciador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mecenas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "propiciador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "mfadhili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spónsor",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 97",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spónsorka",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́нсорка"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paručýcjelʹ",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паручы́цель"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paručýcjelʹka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "паручы́целька"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porǎčítel",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поръчи́тел"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porǎčítelka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поръчи́телка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "popečitel",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "попечител"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "保證人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎozhèngrén",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "保证人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "patrono"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "tukija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "tukihenkilö"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commanditaire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinadora"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsorin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χορηγός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anádochos",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανάδοχος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "urraitheoir"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pokrovitelka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покровителка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barrantagh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "kaitautoko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "patrono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "tukija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "tukihenkilö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commanditaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsor"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsorin"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χορηγός"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "ανάδοχος"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "urraitheoir"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "kaitautoko"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsorka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тельница"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покрови́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsair"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goistidh (godfather)"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bana-ghoistidh (godmother)"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "mfadhili"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́телька"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hispönan"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jispönan"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      ],
      "word": "спо́нсар"
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "贊助者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zànzhùzhě",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "赞助者"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "sponsori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "rahoittaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "tukija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commanditaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sṗonsori",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "სპონსორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dampinansebeli",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "დამფინანსებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pinansuri mxardamč̣eri",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "ფინანსური მხარდამჭერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chorigós",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χορηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suponsā",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "スポンサー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "demeuşı",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "демеуші"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seuponseo",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "스폰서"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sponzor",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спонзор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sponzorka",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спонзорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "penganjur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spons'rêsse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mecenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mecenaska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spónsor",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсор"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мецена́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо̏нзор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спонзорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spȍnzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auspiciador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mecenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "propiciador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "word": "mfadhili"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spónsor",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spónsorka",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсорка"
    }
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}

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    {
      "word": "sponsor-free"
    },
    {
      "word": "sponsorial"
    },
    {
      "word": "sponsorship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "la>sponsor>surety",
        "id": "person"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sponsor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a surety\", in Late Latin \"a sponsor in baptism"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sponsor (“a surety\", in Late Latin \"a sponsor in baptism”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin sponsor (“a surety\", in Late Latin \"a sponsor in baptism”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sponsors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponsoring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponsored",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sponsored",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "patron"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:",
          "text": "Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be a sponsor for."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be a sponsor for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɒn.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɑn.sɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sponsoriram",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "спонсорирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponzorovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsoren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "patroni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsoroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "with respect to money",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "commanditer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsoriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "financer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "parrainer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "patronner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "patrocinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epichorigó",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "επιχορηγώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "urraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "menganjurkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "tautoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sponsorować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zasponsorować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "patrocinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsoriza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sponsírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спонси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "finansírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "финанси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profinansírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "профинанси́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsairich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "patrocinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "auspiciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "esponsorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "propiciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "sponsra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
      "word": "noddi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sponsor"
  ],
  "word": "sponsor"
}

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