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partner
[ pahrt-ner ]
noun
- a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
Synonyms: accomplice, accessory, colleague
- Law.
- a person associated with another or others as a principal or a contributor of capital in a business or a joint venture, usually sharing its risks and profits.
- a spouse; a husband or a wife.
- the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship:
I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- either of two people who dance together:
my favorite partner in the waltz.
- a player on the same side or team as another:
My tennis partner was an excellent player.
- partners, Nautical. a framework of timber round a hole in a ship's deck, to support a mast, capstan, pump, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to associate as a partner or partners with.
- to serve as the partner of.
partner
/ ˈpɑːtnə /
noun
- an ally or companion
a partner in crime
- a member of a partnership
- one of a pair of dancers or players on the same side in a game
my bridge partner
- either member of a couple in a relationship
verb
- to be or cause to be a partner (of)
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Derived Forms
- ˈpartnerless, adjective
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Other Words From
- partner·less adjective
- non·partner noun
- under·partner noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of partner1
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Example Sentences
That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
Social media forces us to not only be vulnerable for our partner but for the whole world.
His regular partner was late that day, and Police Officer Wenjian Liu volunteered to fill in.
First, the ghost of his departed partner, Jacob Marley, comes calling, his face emerging from the doorknob.
Johnson dashed into the base and called to his partner, 23-year-old Tantania Alexander.
Peter Elmsly, a partner of the celebrated Paul Valliant, and himself an importer of books and no mean critic and linguist, died.
Some of them, more imaginative, declared that Mrs. Charmington was even a sleeping partner in the saponaceous firm.
But the '34 port was so good that he revoked twice, to the indignation and despair of his unhappy brother and partner.
Mr Cutbill, the managing partner of the London house, received him with profound respect and pleasure.
He could have struck his friend and partner to the earth, and trod him there to death, as he confronted and upbraided him.
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