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[ˈpɑːtnə] noun [C] I
1) someone who you live with and have a sexual relationship with
Are partners invited to the office party?[/ex]
2) someone who you do a particular activity with
John is my tennis partner.[/ex]
Take your partners for the last dance.[/ex]
3) one of two or more people who own a company and share its profits and losses
He became a partner in his father's law firm.[/ex]
4) a business, organization, or country that has an agreement with another business, organization, or country
China is one of our major trading partners.[/ex]
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Words that avoid giving offence: partner In British English, you can use partner to refer to the husband or wife of someone, or to refer to a person who lives with someone and has a sexual relationship with them, but is not married to them. In American English, some people use partner only about unmarried people, and many people use partner only about gay people. II
verb [T]
partner [ˈpɑːtnə]
to be someone's partner in an activity

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