{
    "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."
}