"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 [Southern-England] Forms: sponsors [plural], sponsoress [feminine]
Etymology: From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sponsor||a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism}} Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), {{m|la|sponsus|}} sponsus, {{m|la|spondeō}} spondeō Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|sponsors|feminine|sponsoress}} sponsor (plural sponsors, feminine sponsoress)
  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. Categories (topical): Finance, Money Hyponyms: godparent, gossip [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-noun-bODC2M5P Disambiguation of Finance: 28 28 33 10 Disambiguation of Money: 29 29 32 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 25 7
  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.
    Categories (topical): Finance, Money Hyponyms: godparent, gossip [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-noun-4yoWQkHE Disambiguation of Finance: 28 28 33 10 Disambiguation of Money: 29 29 32 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 25 7
  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), mfadhili (Swahili), sponsor [common-gender] (Swedish), спо́нсор (spónsor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), спо́нсорка (spónsorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-noun-zxqbIiTM Disambiguation of Finance: 28 28 33 10 Disambiguation of Money: 29 29 32 10 Disambiguation of People: 4 22 59 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 25 7 Disambiguation of 'one that pays all or part of the cost of an event': 1 1 98
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 [Southern-England] 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: {{der|en|la|sponsor||a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism}} Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”), {{m|la|sponsus|}} sponsus, {{m|la|spondeō}} spondeō 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 Categories (topical): Finance, Money 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), sponsra (Swedish), noddi (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sponsor-en-verb-Einhssd9 Disambiguation of Finance: 28 28 33 10 Disambiguation of Money: 29 29 32 10

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          "word": "დამფინანსებელი"
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          "roman": "pinansuri mxardamč̣eri",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chorigós",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "χορηγός"
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          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sponsor"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "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"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "demeuşı",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "демеуші"
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        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seuponseo",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "스폰서"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sponzor",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "спонзор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sponzorka",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спонзорка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "word": "penganjur"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sponseur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spons'rêsse"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sponsor"
        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
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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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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
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      "_dis1": "46 46 8",
      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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    {
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "patrocinador"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "feminine"
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        "4": "",
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          "_dis": "28 28 33 10",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Finance",
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          "parents": [
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            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Economics",
            "Society",
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            "Sciences",
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        "To be a sponsor for."
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      "id": "en-sponsor-en-verb-Einhssd9",
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        "(transitive) To be a sponsor for."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "patron"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "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": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
          "word": "sponsra"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to be a sponsor for",
          "word": "noddi"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɒn.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɑn.sɚ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    "sponsor"
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}
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms with audio links",
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          "text": "My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.",
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          "text": "And now a word from our sponsor.",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paručýcjelʹ",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паручы́цель"
    },
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      "roman": "paručýcjelʹka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "паручы́целька"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porǎčítel",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поръчи́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porǎčítelka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поръчи́телка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "popečitel",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "попечител"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "保證人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎozhèngrén",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "保证人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sponsorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chorigós",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χορηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anádochos",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανάδοχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "urraitheoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pokrovitel",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "покровител"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pokrovitelka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покровителка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barrantagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "kaitautoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponsorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrocinador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poručítelʹ",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poručítelʹnica",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokrovítelʹ",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "покрови́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokrovítelʹnica",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "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",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goistidh (godfather)"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bana-ghoistidh (godmother)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gudmor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gudfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poručýtelʹ",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poručýtelʹka",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́телька"
    },
    {
      "alt": "♂+♀",
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "word": "spönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hispönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jispönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noddwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spónsar",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсар"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spónsarka",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spónsor",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́нсор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spónsorka",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponzorka"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mecenát",
      "sense": "one that pays all or part of the cost of an event",
      "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",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sponsor"
  ],
  "word": "sponsor"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Finance",
    "en:Money",
    "en:People"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cosponsor"
    },
    {
      "word": "sponsor-free"
    },
    {
      "word": "sponsorial"
    },
    {
      "word": "sponsorship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sponsus",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sponsus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "spondeō"
      },
      "expansion": "spondeō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be a sponsor for."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To be a sponsor for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɒn.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɑn.sɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sponsor.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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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