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| part·ner [ prtnər ] |
noun (plural part·ners) |
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1. somebody who shares activity: somebody who is involved in an activity with somebody else
  his partner in crime
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2. member of relationship: either member of an established couple in a relationship
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3. fellow participant in sexual activity: either of two people who have sex together
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4. associate in dance or game: somebody who dances with somebody else, or plays with somebody else on the same side in a game
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5. business business associate: an owner of part of a company, usually a company he or she works in, who shares both the financial risks and the profits of the business
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6. something related: something that is related in some way to something else
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7. nautical supporting timber on ship: one of the timbers on a ship underneath the deck that is used to support the mast
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often used in the plural
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transitive verb (past and past participle part·nered, present participle part·ner·ing, 3rd person present singular part·ners) |
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be somebody's partner: to be somebody's partner, e.g. in a game or dance
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| [14th century. Alteration (influenced by part) of obsolete parcener "sharer" < Anglo-Norman< Latin partition- (see partition)] |
