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# stewardship

noun (stewardship, uncountable)

«stewardship» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Looking after something carefully on behalf of someone else, or for the future. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#m1)
2. (church) Christians believe God made the world and gave people stewardship of it: the duty to care for the earth, animals and gifts, not waste them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#m2)
3. (money, formal) Managing money or a business carefully and responsibly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#m3)

### In the lessons

In religion and science lessons stewardship links to caring for the environment: recycling, saving energy, protecting animals. In church life «stewardship» also means giving time, talents and money wisely. Phrases: «stewardship of the earth», «good stewardship», «under the stewardship of».

### Examples

- Christians believe humans have stewardship of God's creation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#x1)
- Planting trees is good stewardship of the land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#x2)
- The club grew under the stewardship of its new coach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#x3)
- Our eco-club teaches stewardship of the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#x4)
- Stewardship means looking after what is not only ours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#x5)
- The church talked about stewardship of time and money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Comes from steward (a person who looks after a house, ship or estate for someone). Formal word. Similar: care, guardianship.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stewardship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stewardship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stewardship.html) on Mova free.