partner (partners plural & 3rd person present) (partnering present participle) (partnered past tense & past participle )
1 n-count Your partner is the person you are married to or are having a romantic or sexual relationship with.
Wanting other friends doesn't mean you don't love your partner.
2 n-count Your partner is the person you are doing something with, for example dancing with or playing with in a game against two other people.
My partner for the event was the marvellous American player.
3 n-count The partners in a firm or business are the people who share the ownership of it. (BUSINESS)
He's a partner in a Chicago law firm.
4 n-count The partner of a country or organization is another country or organization with which they work or do business.
Spain has been one of Cuba's major trading partners.
5 verb If you partner someone, you are their partner in a game or in a dance.
He had partnered the famous Russian ballerina... V n