mentorship en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English mentor Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English mentorship From mentor + -ship.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mentorships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
sv mentorskap (state of being a mentor) · pl mentoring (state of being a mentor) · ca mentoria (state of being a mentor) · es mentoría (state of being a mentor) · ru наставничество (state of being a mentor)