1 the person that you are married to or having a sexual relationship with:
Come to the New Year disco and bring your partner! * a marriage partner
2 one of the people who owns a business and shares the profits, etc:
a partner in a law firm * a junior / senior partner
3 a person that you are doing an activity with, such as dancing or playing a game:
a dancing / tennis partner
4 a country or an organization that has an agreement with another country:
a trading partner
seealsoSLEEPINGPARTNER, SPARRINGPARTNER
verb [VN] to be sb's partner in a dance, game, etc:
Gerry offered to partner me at tennis.
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Is partner a noun, verb, or something else?
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