partners

noun

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.

Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

A member of a business or law partnership.

Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.

Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.

Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.

(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.

(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

A surname.

verb

(transitive) To join as a partner.

(intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.

Roots

partiripart- · Latin · to divide, share out

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