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providership

providership noun: the status of being a provider.

Noun

providership (countable and uncountable, plural providerships)

  1. The status of being a provider.
    • Newt Gingrich gives powerful testimony to the appeal of “the last word in content providership” — speakers’ bureaus.2012 May 5, Henry Alford, “Future TED Talks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 May 2012

Forms of providership

pluralproviderships

Origin of providership

From provider + -ship.

Questions about providership

What does providership mean?
Providership means the status of being a provider.
What part of speech is providership?
Providership is a noun.
What is the plural of providership?
The plural of providership is providerships.

Words near providership in the dictionary

  1. providentially
  2. providently
  3. providentness
  4. provider
  5. providers
  6. providership
  7. providerships
  8. provides
  9. providest
  10. provideth
  11. providin'

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