partner
verb/ˈpɑːtnə(r)/
/ˈpɑːrtnər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they partner | /ˈpɑːtnə(r)/ /ˈpɑːrtnər/ |
| he / she / it partners | /ˈpɑːtnəz/ /ˈpɑːrtnərz/ |
| past simple partnered | /ˈpɑːtnəd/ /ˈpɑːrtnərd/ |
| past participle partnered | /ˈpɑːtnəd/ /ˈpɑːrtnərd/ |
| -ing form partnering | /ˈpɑːtnərɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrtnərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] partner somebody to be somebody’s partner in a dance, game, etc.
- Gerry offered to partner me at tennis.
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- (of a company) to be involved in a business project with another company
- partner with somebody/something Freshfoods usually partners with other companies to share risk.
- We are very excited to be partnering with such a vibrant and dynamic company.
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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