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{
"term": "sponsorship",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "financial support from a sponsor",
"sensetop": "in sponsorshipsponsorship for somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a $50 million sponsorship deal"
},
{
"text": "The project needs to raise £8 million in sponsorship.",
"contextForm": "in sponsorship"
},
{
"text": "We need to find sponsorships for the expedition.",
"contextForm": "sponsorship for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Entry and sponsorship forms for the marathon are available at local post offices."
},
{
"text": "He hopes to raise around £4 000 in sponsorship money for the hospital."
},
{
"text": "Many participants collect sponsorship from family, friends and colleagues."
},
{
"text": "She has raised about £500 in sponsorship."
},
{
"text": "Sponsorship dollars are rolling in as never before."
},
{
"text": "The company has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the team."
},
{
"text": "We have won sponsorship from one of the big banks."
},
{
"text": "Without generous corporate sponsorship, the ballet company would not have survived."
},
{
"text": "sponsorship for next year's World Cup"
},
{
"text": "the four-year sponsorship contract"
},
{
"text": "The race organizers are trying to attract sponsorship from local firms."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["generous", "major", "lucrative"],
"verb + sponsorship": ["attract", "find", "get"],
"sponsorship + noun": ["agreement", "deal", "package"],
"preposition": [
"in sponsorship",
"through sponsorship",
"under (the) sponsorship"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of supporting a person, organization or activity, especially financially",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Two million pounds were raised through sponsorship."
},
{
"text": "under commercial sponsorship"
},
{
"text": "state sponsorship of religious societies"
},
{
"text": "tobacco sponsorship of Formula One"
},
{
"text": "The company has decided to withdraw from some of its sports sponsorship."
},
{
"text": "£20 000 was raised through sponsorship to pay for training and equipment."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["generous", "major", "lucrative"],
"verb + sponsorship": ["attract", "find", "get"],
"sponsorship + noun": ["agreement", "deal", "package"],
"preposition": [
"in sponsorship",
"through sponsorship",
"under (the) sponsorship"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of introducing a proposal for a new law",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the senator’s sponsorship of the job training legislation"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspɒnsəʃɪp/",
"audio": "sp/sponsorship/sponsorship__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspɑːnsərʃɪp/",
"audio": "sp/sponsorship/sponsorship__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}