Meaning of "sponsor" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPONSOR

From Latin, from spondēre to promise solemnly.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SPONSOR

sponsor  [ˈspɒnsə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPONSOR

Sponsor is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sponsor in English.

WHAT DOES SPONSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sponsor in the English dictionary

The first definition of sponsor in the dictionary is a commercial organization that pays all or part of the cost of putting on a concert, sporting event, etc. Other definition of sponsor is a person who donates money to a charity when the person requesting the donation has performed a specified activity as part of an organized fund-raising effort. Sponsor is also a person or business firm that pays the costs of a radio or television programme in return for advertising time.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPONSOR

PRESENT

Present

I sponsor

you sponsor

he/she/it sponsors

we sponsor

you sponsor

they sponsor

Present continuous

I am sponsoring

you are sponsoring

he/she/it is sponsoring

we are sponsoring

you are sponsoring

they are sponsoring

Present perfect

I have sponsored

you have sponsored

he/she/it has sponsored

we have sponsored

you have sponsored

they have sponsored

Present perfect continuous

I have been sponsoring

you have been sponsoring

he/she/it has been sponsoring

we have been sponsoring

you have been sponsoring

they have been sponsoring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sponsored

you sponsored

he/she/it sponsored

we sponsored

you sponsored

they sponsored

Past continuous

I was sponsoring

you were sponsoring

he/she/it was sponsoring

we were sponsoring

you were sponsoring

they were sponsoring

Past perfect

I had sponsored

you had sponsored

he/she/it had sponsored

we had sponsored

you had sponsored

they had sponsored

Past perfect continuous

I had been sponsoring

you had been sponsoring

he/she/it had been sponsoring

we had been sponsoring

you had been sponsoring

they had been sponsoring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sponsor

you will sponsor

he/she/it will sponsor

we will sponsor

you will sponsor

they will sponsor

Future continuous

I will be sponsoring

you will be sponsoring

he/she/it will be sponsoring

we will be sponsoring

you will be sponsoring

they will be sponsoring

Future perfect

I will have sponsored

you will have sponsored

he/she/it will have sponsored

we will have sponsored

you will have sponsored

they will have sponsored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sponsoring

you will have been sponsoring

he/she/it will have been sponsoring

we will have been sponsoring

you will have been sponsoring

they will have been sponsoring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sponsor

you would sponsor

he/she/it would sponsor

we would sponsor

you would sponsor

they would sponsor

Conditional continuous

I would be sponsoring

you would be sponsoring

he/she/it would be sponsoring

we would be sponsoring

you would be sponsoring

they would be sponsoring

Conditional perfect

I would have sponsor

you would have sponsor

he/she/it would have sponsor

we would have sponsor

you would have sponsor

they would have sponsor

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sponsoring

you would have been sponsoring

he/she/it would have been sponsoring

we would have been sponsoring

you would have been sponsoring

they would have been sponsoring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sponsor
we let´s sponsor
you sponsor

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sponsor

Past participle

sponsored

Present Participle

sponsoring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SPONSOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sponsor» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sponsor

angel · back · backer · finance · fund · guarantor · patron · patronize · promote · promoter · subsidize

TRANSLATION OF SPONSOR

Find out the translation of sponsor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sponsor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sponsor» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 赞助人
• Translator English - Spanish: patrocinador
• English: sponsor
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रायोजक
• Translator English - Arabic: رَاع
• Translator English - Russian: спонсор
• Translator English - Portuguese: patrocinador
• Translator English - Bengali: জামিন
• Translator English - French: sponsor
• Translator English - Malay: Penaja
• Translator English - German: Sponsor
• Translator English - Japanese: 後援者
• Translator English - Korean: 후원자
• Translator English - Javanese: Sponsor
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhà tài trợ
• Translator English - Tamil: ஸ்பான்சராக
• Translator English - Marathi: प्रायोजक
• Translator English - Turkish: sponsor
• Translator English - Italian: sponsor
• Translator English - Polish: sponsor
• Translator English - Ukrainian: спонсор
• Translator English - Romanian: sponsor
• Translator English - Greek: χορηγός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: borg
• Translator English - Swedish: sponsor
• Translator English - Norwegian: sponsor

10 QUOTES WITH «SPONSOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sponsor.

1

Richard C. Armitage

A charity donkey is where you sponsor a donkey in a sanctuary and give them three pounds a month to have some donkey nuts or something.

2

Lisa Caputo

Citigroup has the opportunity to be the largest financial institution and to serve us well. What we decide to do is not what everybody else does. Other companies sponsor women's events and put a woman's face in advertising. This is financial services wrapped in pink.

3

Frank Gaffney

Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor.

4

Gordon Getty

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

5

Chuck Hagel

I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

6

Leon Krier

You need a prince to make a town in an intellectual sense. Developers want to make money. If they cared about architecture, they'd become architects. I've had so many projects that never came off because they had no sponsor, and not because they were utopian. I just want to build a town that's normal.

7

Joseph M. Kyrillos

I was the chief sponsor of the Business Employment Incentive Program bill, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs here in New Jersey.

8

Frank Lautenberg

The President should spend his time going after the terrorists rather than sharing sensitive counter terrorism information with countries that sponsor terrorism.

9

Ted Ligety

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

10

Michael McCaul

Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform. And in the past, countries such as Libya, Iran and Syria have participated on this council.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPONSOR»

Discover the use of sponsor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sponsor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Things My Sponsor Taught Me

A sensible, effective, and practical recovery tool featuring the philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous, quotes, slogans, and down-to-earth sponsor advice.

Paul H., 1987

Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism

The book concludes by assessing why it is often difficult to force sponsors to cut ties to terrorist groups and suggesting ways in which it could be done better in the future.

Daniel Byman, 2005

The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate

On the television sponsors.

Erik Barnouw, 1978

And Now a Few Laughs from Our Sponsor: The Best of Fifty ...

In advertising terms, this is a product that delivers on its promise. And Now a Few Laughs from Our Sponsor will have readers chuckling out loud.

Larry Oakner, 2002

Twelve Step Sponsorship: How It Works

Designed as a "how-to" program for sponsors, Twelve Step Sponsorship offers: reading assignments common questions that sponsors face procedural suggestions for leading a newcomer through the Twelve Steps general guidelines for becoming an ...

Hamilton B., 2013

Sponsor's Guide

The Sponsor's Guide and Video offer practical, age-appropriate direction for building a positive and mutually beneficial sponsor-candidate relationship.

Thomas Zanzig, Brian Singer-Towns, 2001

Being a Sponsor

Who can be a sponsor? A sponsor is someone who • is at least 16 years old; • has already received the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and eucharist; • is not the mother or father of the candidate; and • is living the life of a believing and  ...

Patrick Gallagher

When You Are a Confirmation Sponsor

A doctoral candidate reflects on the responsibility and significance readers have of being chosen to share their faith and personal experience with someone less familiar with the path than they.

Julie Lytle, 2001

A Word from Our Sponsor: Admen, Advertising, and the Golden ...

He has a sponsor who pays the bills. The sponsor has an agency to represent it. The radio chains have a flock of rules, all starting with ''You Mustn't.'' In the secret heart of all these people—sponsors, agencies, and chain—is a belief that each ...

Cynthia B. Meyers, 2013

Perception of Event-sponsor Personality Congruence, ...

The results revealed a significant relationship between event-sponsor personality congruence and event-sponsor fit among consumers, and significant relationships between event-sponsor fit and sponsor recognition.

Long-Yuan Lee, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPONSOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sponsor is used in the context of the following news items.

Fifa corruption: Sponsor Coca-Cola demands third-party reform

Fifa sponsor Coca-Cola has told world football's governing body that it wants an independent third-party commission to oversee reform of the crisis-hit ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»

Hyundai named official NFL auto sponsor in four-year deal

Hyundai and the National Football League announced on Monday that the Korean-based automaker would become the league's latest auto sponsor in a deal ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»

General Electric (GE) to Sell U.S. Sponsor Finance Unit, Bank Loan …

General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its U.S. Sponsor Finance business and a $3 billion bank loan portfolio to ... «StreetInsider.com, Jun 15»

Spinnaker Tower rebranded with name of sponsor Emirates

Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower will be painted red and rebranded with the name of its commercial sponsor as part of a £3.5m naming rights deal. «BBC News, Jun 15»

Premier League to be without a title sponsor from 2016-17 season in …

Premier League clubs, awash with billions of pounds from TV rights, decided at their summer meeting that they can do without a title sponsor when the Barclays ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

FA Cup get first title sponsor following deal with Emirates Airline

The deal, which starts next season and runs until 2018, means Emirates become the first title sponsor of football's oldest knockout competition. "The partnership ... «BBC Sport, May 15»

Cuba Officially Removed From US State Sponsor of Terrorism List

WASHINGTON—The U.S. officially lifted its designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terror on Friday, the State Department said, clearing a hurdle to ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»

Danica Patrick's sponsorship loss underscores importance of …

Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega ... «Charlotte Observer, May 15»

Danica Patrick losing GoDaddy sponsorship in 2016

GoDaddy, the Sprint Cup driver's long-time primary sponsor and benefactor announced Wednesday that it will not return to NASCAR after this season, leaving ... «USA TODAY, Apr 15»

FA Cup set to be renamed in £30m Emirates sponsorship deal

The FA Cup has been without a sponsor since the deal with Budweiser ended. ... is believed to be on the verge of signing a £30m sponsorship deal that would ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»