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PARTNER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

Example:

sexual partners

Synonyms:

collaborator; cooperator; pardner; partner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("partner" is a kind of...):

associate (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partner"):

bridge partner (one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game)

dancing partner (one of a pair of people who dance together)

Derivation:

partner (act as a partner)

partnership (a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses)

partnership (the members of a business venture created by contract)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is a member of a partnership

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("partner" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partner"):

copartner (a joint partner (as in a business enterprise))

silent partner; sleeping partner (a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge)

Holonyms ("partner" is a member of...):

partnership (the members of a business venture created by contract)

Derivation:

partnership (a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses)

partnership (the members of a business venture created by contract)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person's partner in marriage

Synonyms:

better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("partner" is a kind of...):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

domestic partner; significant other; spousal equivalent; spouse equivalent (a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partner"):

bigamist (someone who marries one person while already legally married to another)

consort (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)

helpmate; helpmeet (a helpful partner)

hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)

monogamist; monogynist (someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time))

honeymooner; newlywed (someone recently married)

polygamist (someone who is married to two or more people at the same time)

married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Holonyms ("partner" is a member of...):

man and wife; marriage; married couple (two people who are married to each other)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with a partner

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "partner" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act as a partner

Example:

Astaire partnered Rogers

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "partner" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

partner (an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest)

Credits

 Context examples: 

He has chosen his partner, indeed, with rare felicity.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Research now reveals that humans use special calls to solicit the help of honeyguides and that honeyguides actively recruit appropriate human partners.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

My partners do almost everything, I'm merely holding on until you take my place, and can be off at any time.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Jonathan and Mr. Hawkins are busy all day; for, now that Jonathan is a partner, Mr. Hawkins wants to tell him all about the clients.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Their sacks were slim, and with his own the three partners could rake together only two hundred dollars.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

If most stars are born with a partner, where's ours?

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The human counterpart to GBP is a protein called defensin BD2, but the nature of its binding partner is currently unknown.

(Defending against environmental stressors may shorten lifespan, National Institutes of Health)

These neurons first compared the reward values of the partner’s choice options before signalling the partner’s likely choice, consistent with a simulated decision process.

(‘Mindreading’ neurons simulate decisions of social partners, University of Cambridge)

This allele, which encodes partner and localizer of BRCA2 protein, may play roles in the repair of damaged DNA and DNA damage-induced checkpoints.

(PALB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Partner and localizer of BRCA2 (1186 aa, ~131 kDa) is encoded by the human PALB2 gene.

(Partner and Localizer of BRCA2, NCI Thesaurus)