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partnership

  • /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/ UK
  • /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/ US

Where it comes from

From partner + -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partnerschap (“partnership”), Low German Partnerschop (“partnership”), German Partnerschaft (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap (“partnership”), Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap (“partnership”).

noun partnerships

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being associated with a partner. scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas
  2. countable, uncountable An association of two or more people to conduct a business. forge a partnership
  3. countable, uncountable 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: partnering, collegiality, cooperation, joint, collaboration, collaborate, cooperate, associate, cooperative, collaborative, co-operate, co-operation, co-operative, company, association, alliance

Translations

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noun state of being associated with a partner

Españolasociación, colaboración, compadraje, compadrazgo, compadreo
中文合夥關係 /合伙关系 héhuǒ guānxì, 合作關係 /合作关系 hézuò guānxì, 夥伴關係 /伙伴关系 huǒbàn guānxì
Portuguêsparceria
Françaispartenariat
DeutschPartnerschaft
Italianopartenariato
Русскийпартнёрство partnjórstvo

noun association of two or more people to conduct a business

Españolcompañía, sociedad, consorcio, alianza, compaña, partenariado
한국어파트너십 pateuneosip
日本語パートナーシップ pātonāshippu, 協力関係 kyōryokukankei
中文合股關係 /合股关系 hégǔ guānxì, 合夥企業 /合伙企业 héhuǒ qǐyè
हिन्दीभागीदारी bhāgīdārī
Portuguêssociedade
Françaiscompagnie, société
DeutschPersonengesellschaft
Italianosocietà, cooperazione, collaborazione, partnership
Русскийпартнёрство partnjórstvo, това́рищество továriščestvo
Tiếng Việtcông ty hợp danh
العربيةشِرَاكَة širāka

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@misc{partnership_2026,
  title = {partnership},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/partnership},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}