Meanings
plural mentorships
- countableuncountableThe role or state of being a mentor.
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 Magazine1 more example
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
Origin
- Englishmentor
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishmentorship
Translations
Catalan mentoria
- mentoriastate of being a mentor
Polish mentoring
- mentoringstate of being a mentor
Russian наставничество
- наставничество (nastavničestvo)state of being a mentor
Spanish mentoría
- mentoríastate of being a mentor
Swedish mentorskap
- mentorskapstate of being a mentor
Cite this entry
mentorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentorship
“mentorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentorship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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