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companionship

[ kuhm-pan-yuhn-ship ]

noun

  1. association as companion; fellowship.
  2. Printing. a group of compositors working under a foreman.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of companionship1

First recorded in 1540–50; companion 1 + -ship

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Example Sentences

These days, plenty of women are turning to online sites for no-frills male companionship.

James brought little in the way of survival skills, but his companionship at night raised the team morale.

Fatherless and emotionally needy, du Pont was a loner who sought companionship and adoration—usually at great financial cost.

Me & Dog is off to a promising start and Mary Magdalene has some canine companionship.

The Defense Department, however, offered no information on which Iraqis might be looking for a little companionship.

As if unwilling to trust himself longer in dangerous companionship, he went up to town with Thomas Carr.

Society likes their genial companionship, and they are favourites with, and favoured alike by young and old.

Who has not felt the comfort and companionship of a faithful dog at night, and on a lonely road.

This beauty… without her beside him, without her to share the sweet companionship of the earth… was too much to bear.

Did he really possess her in a way that made earthly companionship unnecessary?

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