partnering
partnering is the present participle and gerund of partner.
Meaning of partner
Verb
partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)
- To join as a partner.
- To work or perform as a partner.
- “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.”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, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2020
Noun
partnering (plural partnerings)
- The formation of a partnership.
- In the above sermons, Archbishop Bean justifies the case against promiscuous sex and multiple partnerings in two ways. First, he suggests that promiscuity and multiple partnerings without companionship cheapen both partners alike […]2008, Pamela Leong, Therapeutic Religion
Forms of partnering
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Words formed from partnering
Phrases with partnering
Questions about partnering
- What does partnering mean?
- Partnering means the formation of a partnership.
- What is partnering the present participle and gerund of?
- Partnering is the present participle and gerund of partner.
- What part of speech is partnering?
- Partnering is a noun.
- What is the plural of partnering?
- The plural of partnering is partnerings.
Words near partnering in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: partnering (page history and authors); partner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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