Meaning & use
cosponsorship
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Meanings
noununcountable
The act or arrangement of two or more people or groups officially supporting the same proposal, event, or bill.
Grammar: Uncountable: talk about cosponsorship in general, or a cosponsorship agreement; do not say 'a cosponsorship' for the general idea.
Patterns
- cosponsorship of something
- under the cosponsorship of someone
- a cosponsorship agreement
The cosponsorship of the bill by senators from both parties made it more likely to pass.
The conference was held under the cosponsorship of three universities.
They signed a cosponsorship agreement to share the costs of the event.
noununcountable
The state of being one of two or more official supporters of a proposal or event.
Grammar: Often used after 'under' or in the phrase 'cosponsorship of'.
Patterns
- someone's cosponsorship of something
Her cosponsorship of the education reform helped it gain public attention.
The group announced its cosponsorship of the charity run.
Common combinations
- cosponsorship agreement
- The two organizations signed a cosponsorship agreement for the concert.
- under the cosponsorship of
- The research was conducted under the cosponsorship of the national science foundation.
- cosponsorship of a bill
- Cosponsorship of a bill can show that it has broad support.
- announce cosponsorship
- The companies announced cosponsorship of the youth sports league.
Synonyms and how they differ
- joint sponsorship
- A more general phrase that can mean any shared support, not only official political support.
- backing
- More informal and broader; it can mean financial or moral support without the official, recorded sense of cosponsorship.
Word family
- cosponsor noun
- A person or group that officially supports a proposal along with at least one other.
- cosponsor verb
- To officially support a proposal together with someone else.
- sponsorship noun
- Support, often financial, given by one person or organization.
Commonly confused: cosponsorship or sponsorship? cosponsorship or copartnership?
cosponsorship vs sponsorship
Sponsorship can involve only one supporter, while cosponsorship always involves at least two.
cosponsorship vs copartnership
Copartnership means a business partnership; cosponsorship is about official support for a proposal or event.
Practice
The new law was introduced with the ______ of several senators from different parties.
Choose one answer.
Cosponsorship fits because several senators are supporting the law together. Sponsorship would suggest only one supporter, and the other options are unrelated words.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “cosponsorship”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.