noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
need
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According to Maslow's hierarchical needs model companionship is only third on the list with self-esteem and self-actualisation above it.
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She needed the companionship of suitable young people, he thought, and here on the farm she wasn't getting it.
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He had nobody to talk to, he needed companionship .
provide
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The sitters can spend time, day or night, with the patient, providing care and companionship .
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Neither birds nor animals provide the kind of companionship he needs.
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They can be valuable purely as a means of providing social companionship , activities of all descriptions, and intellectual stimulation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was lonely and looking for companionship .
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Mrs. Greene keeps dogs for companionship and security.
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Older people often benefit from having a pet for companionship .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A surge of participation in evening classes and sports is as much about a search for companionship as mental and physical fitness.
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Agnes had no relations, and relished the companionship of her headmistress.
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And why not enjoy the unexpected gift of happiness that her companionship would surely bring?
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But that award deals only with compensation for loss of love and companionship .
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In the preceding weeks she had shared the companionship of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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She is young, and she has a girl's needs, of companionship and of love.