partner

«partner» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who does something together with you, like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (partner, partners); verb (partner, partners, partnered, partnering)

meaning for a pupil

1) A partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner. tree →

2) A partner can be one of the owners of a business. tree →

3) A partner is a person someone lives with or is married to. tree →

4) To partner (with) someone is to work or play as their partner. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: people working or playing in pairs; things shared between partners; «partner work»; number partners (number bonds), like 3 and 7 for 10. In school: «turn to your partner». In everyday life: dance partners, business partners. In stories: partners in crime, partners on an adventure.

examples

• Each student has a partner. tree →
• She and her partner picked 30 apples. tree →
• Partners share the money equally. tree →
• How many partners are there in 12 students? tree →
• Find a partner and read together. tree →
• 6 and 4 are number partners for 10. tree →
• Mum and her partner run a bakery. tree →
• The two detectives were partners. tree →
• She partnered with Ava for the science project. tree →
• With what eagerness she danced! leaning on her partner’s shoulder she swept by like a whirlwind. tree →

note

Partners come in pairs: 12 students make 6 pairs. Sharing between partners = divide by 2. Trap: «she and her partner» means 2 people. An odd number of pupils leaves one without a partner (or makes a group of 3).

In the corpora

• That new person is called their partner.
• A new partner does not replace your mum or dad.
• The children of a parent's partner can become your step-siblings: brothers or sisters through marriage, not by birth.
• Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.
• An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «partner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.