- a person that you are doing an activity with, such as dancing or playing a game
- a dance/tennis partner
- The teacher asked the students to choose a partner for the next activity.
Extra Examples- All change partners for the next dance!
- She penned the script with her long-time writing partner.
- I need a doubles partner for the table tennis tournament.
- The old political sparring partners are now firm friends.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bridge
- doubles
- tennis
- …
- choose
- find
- change
- …
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- the person that you are married to or having a sexual relationship with
- Come to the New Year disco and bring your partner!
- This is my partner, Mark.
- a sexual/romantic partner
- a male/female/same-sex partner
- She still hasn't found her perfect partner.
Wordfinder- affair
- date
- go out with somebody
- jealous
- love
- marriage
- partner
- passionate
- relationship
- romantic
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
- be/find true love/the love of your life
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have/go on a (blind) date
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- get/be engaged/married/divorced
- arrange/plan a wedding
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
- have/enter into an arranged marriage
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have an affair (with somebody)
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife/partner
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband/partner)
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa2, Life stagesa2- a former/potential partner
- 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 was the dominant partner in the relationship.
- reasons for divorce such as having an abusive partner
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- former
- one-time
- dominant
- …
- have
- seek
- find
- …
- one of the people who owns a business and shares the profits, etc.
- partner in something a partner in a law firm
- a junior/senior partner
- Maintain good relationships with your customers, employees and business partners.
- He is the founder and managing partner of the gallery.
- Teresa became a full partner in 2020.
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb1, Businessb1- He has recently been made a junior partner in the family business.
- She is a general partner in a consulting firm.
- He was made a full partner in his father's firm.
- She and her husband became limited partners in the team's ownership.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- equal
- active
- …
- make somebody
- find
- seek
- …
- company
- institution
- organization
- …
- partner in
- a country or an organization that has an agreement with another country or organization
- a trading partner
- The party was unable to find a coalition partner.
- India remains an important strategic partner for the United States.
Extra Examples- AOL remains the company's only online retail partner.
- Britain's partner in the aeronautic project
- France's principal trading partners
- We are working with partner companies on wireless technologies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- biggest
- main
- principal
- …
- partner in
Word OriginMiddle 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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