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{
"term": "partner",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person that you are doing an activity with, such as dancing or playing a game",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a dance/tennis partner"
},
{
"text": "The teacher asked the students to choose a partner for the next activity."
},
{
"text": "All change partners for the next dance!"
},
{
"text": "She penned the script with her long-time writing partner."
},
{
"text": "I need a doubles partner for the table tennis tournament."
},
{
"text": "The old political sparring partners are now firm friends."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bridge", "doubles", "tennis"],
"verb + partner": ["choose", "find", "change"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the person that you are married to or having a sexual relationship with",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(informal)(informal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Come to the New Year disco and bring your partner!"
},
{
"text": "This is my partner, Mark."
},
{
"text": "a sexual/romantic partner"
},
{
"text": "a male/female/same-sex partner"
},
{
"text": "She still hasn't found her perfect partner."
},
{
"text": "a former/potential partner"
},
{
"text": "Local government workers have been refused pensions for their unmarried partners."
},
{
"text": "Most of those questioned said they wanted a steady partner for emotional support."
},
{
"text": "People who have had multiple partners are more at risk from sexually transmitted diseases."
},
{
"text": "She was the dominant partner in the relationship."
},
{
"text": "reasons for divorce such as having an abusive partner"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships", "Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["former", "one-time", "dominant"],
"verb + partner": ["have", "seek", "find"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "one of the people who owns a business and shares the profits, etc.",
"sensetop": "partner in something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a partner in a law firm",
"contextForm": "partner in something"
},
{
"text": "a junior/senior partner"
},
{
"text": "Maintain good relationships with your customers, employees and **business partners**."
},
{
"text": "He is the founder and **managing partner** of the gallery."
},
{
"text": "Teresa became a full partner in 2020."
},
{
"text": "He has recently been made a junior partner in the family business."
},
{
"text": "She is a general partner in a consulting firm."
},
{
"text": "He was made a full partner in his father's firm."
},
{
"text": "She and her husband became limited partners in the team's ownership."
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "equal", "active"],
"verb + partner": ["make somebody", "find", "seek"],
"partner + noun": ["company", "institution", "organization"],
"preposition": ["partner in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a country or an organization that has an agreement with another country or organization",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **trading partner**"
},
{
"text": "The party was unable to find a **coalition partner**."
},
{
"text": "India remains an important **strategic partner** for the United States."
},
{
"text": "AOL remains the company's only online retail partner."
},
{
"text": "Britain's partner in the aeronautic project"
},
{
"text": "France's principal trading partners"
},
{
"text": "We are working with partner companies on wireless technologies."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["biggest", "main", "principal"],
"preposition": ["partner in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːtnə(r)/",
"audio": "pa/partner/partner__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːrtnər/",
"audio": "pa/partner/partner__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: alteration of parcener ‘partner, joint heir’, from Anglo-Norman French parcener, based on Latin partitio(n-) ‘partition’. The change in the first syllable was due to association with part."
}