sponsor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who supports or champions something
noun an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
verb assume sponsorship of

Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).

Has the Government already sponsored such research? — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
[C6-231] They are frequently sponsored by factories for their employees, as was Oswald’s. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Republicans in Kansas began to withdraw their support from the woman suffrage amendment they had sponsored. — Susan B. Anthony: Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian, Alma Lutz

patron, supporter

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