(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ 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 ~.
...his choice of marriage ~.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
2.
Your ~ is the person you are doing something with, for example dancing with or playing with in a game against two other people.
My ~ for the event was the marvellous American player.
...a ~ in crime.
N-COUNT
3.
The ~s in a firm or business are the people who share the ownership of it. (BUSINESS)
He’s a ~ in a Chicago law firm.
N-COUNT
4.
The ~ 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 ~s.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
5.
If you ~ someone, you are their ~ in a game or in a dance.
He had ~ed the famous Russian ballerina...
He will be ~ed by Ian Baker, the defending champion...
He ~ed Andre Agassi to victory.
VERB: V n, be V-ed by/with n, V n to n