partner
IPA: pˈɑrtnɝ
noun
- Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
- Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
- A member of a business or law partnership.
- A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
- Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
- Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
- (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
- (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To join as a partner.
- (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.
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Examples of "partner" in Sentences
- The man's partner is an actress.
- She is also the partner of Slake.
- The woman was the receptive partner.
- I am not a supplicant but a partner.
- Dreier was the sole equity partner of the firm.
- Many of the moves involve the swapping of partners.
- She is the partner of the philosopher Dale Jamieson.
- He is adventurous of spirit, and is the partner of Paffa.
- The cornerstone of the male partner evaluation is the history.
- The couple was chaperoned on the date by two of the person's ex partners.
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