PARTNER


Meaning of PARTNER in English

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.

N-COUNT

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.

N-COUNT

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

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