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mentorship

mentorship noun: the role or state of being a mentor.

Noun

mentorship (countable and uncountable, plural mentorships)

  1. The role or state of being a mentor.
    • The mentorships were plenty, starting with Brian Derdall, a sort of rain-man genius in Engineering, along with T-man the technology guru, new hire peers Alex and Joel, and my new senior co-workers Ivan, Robert, and a sort of management mentor John.2013, Mike Doiron, Thread of Life: An Adoption Story, →ISBN, page 74
    • In some mentorship programs, the mentees get a say in whom they will be paired with. A mentee may be drawn to make certain connections based on a sense of their professional influence.2022 November 29, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Must I Mentor a White Law Student When I Requested a Black Mentee?”, in The New York Times Magazine

Forms of mentorship

pluralmentorships

Plural of mentorship: mentorships

Origin of mentorship

From mentor + -ship.

Words formed from mentorship

Questions about mentorship

What does mentorship mean?
Mentorship means the role or state of being a mentor.
What part of speech is mentorship?
Mentorship is a noun.
What is the plural of mentorship?
The plural of mentorship is mentorships.

Words near mentorship in the dictionary

  1. mentorism
  2. mentorless
  3. mentorlike
  4. mentorly
  5. mentors
  6. mentorship
  7. mentorships
  8. mentos
  9. Mentougou
  10. Mentoukou
  11. mentovertical

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