companionship

From companion +‎ -ship.

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: com‧pan‧ion‧ship

companionship (countable and uncountable, plural companionships)

1. The state of having or being a companion.

   seek companionship

   mutual companionship

   offer companionship

   The dog provided comfort and companionship.

   He valued the companionship of his old friends.

2. (archaic) An association, a fellowship.

   a companionship of printers

3. The state of being a journeyman.
4. An organized group of people.

• “companionship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.