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Word partner
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈpɑːtnə(r) / NAmE / ˈpɑːrtnər /
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  • come to the new year disco and bring your partner!
  • a marriage partner
  • a partner in a law firm
  • a junior/senior partner
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partner

(noun)BrE / ˈpɑːtnə(r) / NAmE / ˈpɑːrtnər /
  1. the person that you are married to or having a sexual relationship with
    • Come to the New Year disco and bring your partner!
    • a marriage partner
  2. one of the people who owns a business and shares the profits, etc.
    • see also sleeping partner
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sleeping-partner
    • a partner in a law firm
    • a junior/senior partner
  3. a person that you are doing an activity with, such as dancing or playing a game
    • a dancing/tennis, etc. partner
  4. a country or an organization that has an agreement with another country
    • a trading partner

    Extra Examples

    • AOL remains the company’s only online retail partner.
    • All change partners for the next dance!
    • Britain’s partner in the aeronautic project
    • France’s principal trading partners
    • He has recently been made a junior partner in the family business.
    • He is a general partner in a consulting firm.
    • He penned the script with his long-time writing partner.
    • He was made a full partner in his father’s firm.
    • I need a doubles partner for the table tennis tournament.
    • Local government workers have been refused pensions for their unmarried partners.
    • Most of those questioned said they wanted a steady partner for emotional support.
    • People who have had multiple partners are more at risk from sexually transmitted diseases.
    • She and her husband became limited partners in the team’s ownership.
    • She was the dominant partner in the relationship.
    • The government is technically a silent partner with almost no control over contractor spending.
    • The old political sparring partners are now firm friends.
    • The organization offers health benefits to the domestic partners of employees.
    • The teacher asked the students to choose a partner for the next activity.
    • They wanted to be seen as equal partners in the creative relationship.
    • We are working with partner companies on wireless technologies.
    • reasons for divorce such as having an abusive partner
    • the choice of marriage partner
    • Come to the New Year disco and bring your partner.
    • My regular dancing partner has broken her ankle.
    • This is my partner, Mark.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: alteration of parcener ‘partner, joint heir’, from Anglo-Norman French parcener, based on Latin partitio(n-) ‘partition’. The change in the first syllable was due to association with part.
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