SPONSOR


Meaning of SPONSOR in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , major

▪ chief , main , primary , principal

▪ potential

▪ private

▪ official

▪ state

the list of state ~s of terrorism

▪ commercial , corporate , industrial

▪ title

the title ~ of the rowing World Cup

VERB + SPONSOR

▪ look for , seek

▪ attract , find , get

▪ act as

SPONSOR + VERB

▪ back sb/sth , support sb/sth

SPONSOR + NOUN

▪ money ( esp. BrE )

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for , ~ of

I need to find some more ~s for my charity bike ride.

PHRASES

▪ a/the bill's ~ ( politics , esp. AmE )

Representative Ted Gatte, the bill's ~, hopes that the bill will be reintroduced on the House floor.

II.

verb

Sponsor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ award , ↑ bill , ↑ campaign , ↑ competition , ↑ concert , ↑ conference , ↑ contest , ↑ event , ↑ exhibition , ↑ expedition , ↑ festival , ↑ initiative , ↑ legislation , ↑ luncheon , ↑ meeting , ↑ programme , ↑ project , ↑ research , ↑ resolution , ↑ seminar , ↑ terror , ↑ terrorism , ↑ workshop

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .