Standard Lemma guide

partnership

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/
  • General-American: /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R T N ER0 SH IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being associated with a partner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • forge a partnership

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contract

5

noun

Meaning 5

the members of a business venture created by contract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation

Narrower terms: copartnership

6

noun

Meaning 6

a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student
  • the action teams worked in partnership with the government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: relationship, human relationship

History

Etymology

From partner + -ship. Cognate with Danish partnerskab, Dutch partnerschap, German Partnerschaft, Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap, Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap, Swedish partnerskap, and West Frisian partnerskip.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: партнёрства (partnjórstva) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Bulgarian: партньо́рство (partnjórstvo) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Bulgarian: съдру́жие (sǎdrúžie) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合夥關係 /合伙关系 (héhuǒ guānxì) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合作關係 /合作关系 (hézuò guānxì) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夥伴關係 /伙伴关系 (huǒbàn guānxì) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Czech: partnerství — state of being associated with a partner
  • Danish: partnerskab — state of being associated with a partner
  • Dutch: maatschap — state of being associated with a partner
  • Dutch: partnerschap — state of being associated with a partner
  • Esperanto: partnereco — state of being associated with a partner
  • Faroese: parlag — state of being associated with a partner
  • Finnish: kumppanuus — state of being associated with a partner
  • French: partenariat — state of being associated with a partner
  • West-Frisian: partnerskip — state of being associated with a partner
  • German: Partnerschaft — state of being associated with a partner
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (daila) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Ancient Greek: κοινωνία (koinōnía) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Hungarian: élettársi kapcsolat — state of being associated with a partner
  • Italian: partenariato — state of being associated with a partner
  • Kazakh: әріптестік (ärıptestık) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Kazakh: серіктестік (serıktestık) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Latin: consortium — state of being associated with a partner
  • Macedonian: партнерство (partnerstvo) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Malay: perkongsian — state of being associated with a partner
  • Manx: commeeys — state of being associated with a partner
  • Māori: patuitanga — state of being associated with a partner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: partnerskap — state of being associated with a partner
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: partnarskap — state of being associated with a partner
  • Polish: partnerstwo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Portuguese: parceria — state of being associated with a partner
  • Romansh: partenadi — state of being associated with a partner
  • Russian: партнёрство (partnjórstvo) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Northern Sami: guoibmevuohta — state of being associated with a partner
  • Scottish Gaelic: companas — state of being associated with a partner
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏ртнерство — state of being associated with a partner
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁrtnerstvo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Slovak: partnerstvo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Slovene: partnerstvo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Upper Sorbian: partnerstwo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Spanish: asociación — state of being associated with a partner
  • Spanish: colaboración — state of being associated with a partner
  • Spanish: compadraje — state of being associated with a partner
  • Spanish: compadrazgo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Spanish: compadreo — state of being associated with a partner
  • Swedish: partnerskap — state of being associated with a partner
  • Turkish: ortaklık — state of being associated with a partner
  • Ukrainian: партне́рство (partnérstvo) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Welsh: partneriaeth — state of being associated with a partner
  • Yiddish: שותּפֿות (shutfes) — state of being associated with a partner
  • Arabic: شِرَاكَة (širāka) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Belarusian: партнёрства (partnjórstva) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Belarusian: тавары́ства (tavarýstva) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Bengali: অংশীদারি কারবার (oṅśidari karbar) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Bulgarian: партньо́рство (partnjórstvo) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合股關係 /合股关系 (hégǔ guānxì) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合夥企業 /合伙企业 (héhuǒ qǐyè) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Czech: partnerství — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Dutch: vennootschap — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Finnish: henkilöyhtiö — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • French: compagnie — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • French: société — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Georgian: პარტნიორობა (ṗarṭnioroba) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • German: Personengesellschaft — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Hausa: tarayya — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Hindi: भागीदारी (bhāgīdārī) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Hungarian: partnerség — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Indonesian: kemitraan — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Indonesian: perusahaan persekutuan — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Italian: società — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Italian: cooperazione — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Italian: collaborazione — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Italian: partnership — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Japanese: パートナーシップ (pātonāshippu) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Japanese: 協力関係 (kyōryokukankei) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Kazakh: әріптестік (ärıptestık) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Kazakh: серіктестік (serıktestık) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Korean: 파트너십 (pateuneosip) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Latin: consortium — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Lithuanian: partnerystė — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Macedonian: партнерство (partnerstvo) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Malay: perkongsian — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Māori: patuitanga — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Norwegian Bokmål: partnerskap — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: partnarskap — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Persian: شراکت (šerâkat) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Polish: spółka partnerska — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Portuguese: sociedade — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Punjabi: ਸਾਂਝ (sāñjh) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Punjabi: سان٘جھ (sāṉjh) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Russian: партнёрство (partnjórstvo) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Russian: това́рищество (továriščestvo) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Scottish Gaelic: companas — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏ртнерство — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Serbo-Croatian: дру́штво — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁrtnerstvo — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Serbo-Croatian: drúštvo — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Slovak: partnerstvo — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Slovene: partnerstvo — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: compañía — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: sociedad — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: consorcio — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: alianza — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: compaña — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: partenariado — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Spanish: cheral — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Tagalog: bakasan — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Turkish: ortaklık — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Ukrainian: партне́рство (partnérstvo) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Ukrainian: товари́ство (tovarýstvo) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Urdu: شراکت (śirākat) — association of two or more people to conduct a business
  • Vietnamese: công ty hợp danh — association of two or more people to conduct a business
Real reading context

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