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partners

part·ner
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pahrt-ner]
    • /ˈpɑrt nər/
    • /ˈpɑːt.nər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahrt-ner]
    • /ˈpɑrt nər/

Definitions of partners word

  • noun partners a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate. 1
  • noun partners Law. a person associated with another or others as a principal or a contributor of capital in a business or a joint venture, usually sharing its risks and profits. special partner. 1
  • noun partners silent partner. 1
  • noun partners a spouse; a husband or a wife. 1
  • noun partners the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah. 1
  • noun partners either of two people who dance together: my favorite partner in the waltz. 1
See all 11 definitions of partners

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Origin of partners

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English partener, alteration of parcener by association with part

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Partners

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Partners

partners popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

partners usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for partners

noun partners

  • foursome — a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet: to make up a foursome for bridge.
  • accomplices — Plural form of accomplice.
  • adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
  • allies — (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and Britain) together with the nations allied with them
  • amigos — Plural form of amigo.

verb partners

  • matches — Plural form of match.
All 36 Synonyms of partners

Top questions with partners

  • how many sexual partners is too many?
  • how many sexual partners is average for a man?

Related words

  • marriage

    (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.

  • grand right and left

    a figure called in square dancing in which partners face each other, forming a small circle, and then advance around the circle by extending alternating right and left hands to pull past each new person until they reach their partners again.

  • open marriage

    a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.

  • battered woman syndrome

    the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.

  • chicken hawk

    any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl

  • companionate marriage

    a proposed system of trial marriage in which the couple would postpone having children and could be divorced by mutual consent, until a final decision to stay married is reached
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