Noun
His partner, his wife of 20 years, was shocked to hear about his accident.
They are partners in the real estate business.
Singapore's most important trading partner is Indonesia.
She was a senior partner at the Wall Street firm.
We were each assigned a partner for the project. Verb
The sporting goods store partnered with the newspaper to sponsor the road race.
She partnered with her sister, and they opened a candy shop together.
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Noun
SaveABunny partners with other shelters and is often the last resort.โ๐ Image Sharon Chin, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, Yeโs once-close friend and music partner Jaรฟ-Z is also headed to the stadium stage this summer, evoking more complicated feelings for what could have been.โ๐ Image Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
The district distributed take-home materials, set up student supervision sites and partnered with local agencies to provide meals and services.โ๐ Image Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026 Its offerings benefit local schools, businesses and community members at large, teaching people to source, cook and enjoy plant-forward meals, partnering with local chefs, farmers and artisans, as well as health-care systems.โ๐ Image Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for partner
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English partener, alteration of parcener, from Anglo-French, coparcener โ more at parcener
: one associated in action with another : colleague
2
: either of a couple who dance together
3
: one of two or more persons who play together in a game against an opposing side
4
: a person with whom one shares an intimate relationship : one member of a couple
5
: a member of a partnership
Legal Definition
partner
noun
partยทโner
: one of two or more persons associated as joint principals in carrying on a business for the purpose of enjoying a joint profit : a member of a partnership
specifically: a partner in a law firm
โdormant partner
: silent partner in this entry
โgeneral partner
: a partner whose liability for partnership debts and obligations is unlimited compare limited partner in this entry
โlimited partner
: a partner in a venture who has no management authority and whose liability is limited to the amount of his or her investment compare general partner in this entry
โpartner in commendam\-โin-โkษ-โหmen-โdษm, -โkล-โหmen-โหdรคm \
in the civil law of Louisiana: limited partner in this entry
โsilent partner
: a partner who takes no active part in conducting the partnership business but who receives a share of its profits and whose existence is often not made public
