partnerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/, [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːtnə/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːtnɘ/

名詞

partner (複数形 partners)

1. One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together.
2. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
   1. A member of a business or law partnership.
      • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

        He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.

   2. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
   3. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
      • 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620:

        He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

   4. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
3. (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.
4. (Jamaican) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:associate
• See also Thesaurus:spouse

派生した語

動詞

partner (三人称単数 現在形 partners, 現在分詞 partnering, 過去形および過去分詞形 partnered)

1. (transitive) To join as a partner.
2. (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.
   • 2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time‎^[1]:

     “In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.”