transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:(r)tnə(r) ]
( partners, partnering, partnered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your partner is the person you are married to or are having a romantic or sexual relationship with.
Wanting other friends doesn’t mean you don’t love your partner.
...his choice of marriage partner.
N-COUNT : oft poss N
2.
Your partner is the person you are doing something with, for example dancing with or playing with in a game against two other people.
My partner for the event was the marvellous American player.
...a partner in crime.
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3.
The partners in a firm or business are the people who share the ownership of it. ( BUSINESS )
He’s a partner in a Chicago law firm.
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4.
The partner of a country or organization is another country or organization with which they work or do business.
Spain has been one of Cuba’s major trading partners.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
5.
If you partner someone, you are their partner in a game or in a dance.
He had partnered the famous Russian ballerina...
He will be partnered by Ian Baker, the defending champion...
He partnered Andre Agassi to victory.
VERB : V n , be V-ed by/with n , V n to n