partner - Simple English Wiktionary (original) (raw)
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈpɑːtnə(r)/
- (US) (Canada) IPA (key): /ˈpɑrtnɚ/ or [ˈpɑrʔnɚ]
- (AU) IPA (key): /ˈpɐːtnə/
- (NZ) IPA (key): /ˈpɐːtnɘ/
- Hyphenation: part‧ner
- (countable) Partners are people, usually two, who are together for a particular purpose, such as for business, sports, or a romantic relationship.
My partner, Tom, looks after the administrative parts of the business.
| Plain form partner | Third-person singular partners | Past tense partnered | Past participle partnered | Present participle partnering |
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- (transitive & intransitive) If you partner someone, you be their partner.