{
    "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
}