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Past tense of partner

regular verb

The past tense of partner is partnered. The past participle is also partnered.

Forms of partner

Base form (V1)partner /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/
Past tense (V2)partnered
Past participle (V3)partnered
Present participlepartnering
Third person singularpartners /ˈpɑɹt.nɚz/

Partnered in a sentence

  • Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.2022 January 12, “Network News: New freight trips for Tesco and DRS”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12
  • Instead, I only worked the Five Alarm cases—high-profile murders—and for those I exclusively partnered with Honey.2013, Ed Kovacs, Burnt Black: A Cliff St. James Novel, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry five-alarm
  • The foundation partnered with a few pro sportsballers.2021, Michelle McCraw, Trip Me Up. An Opposites-Attract Road-Trip Romance, Lazy Dog Books, →ISBN, page unnamed. From the entry sportsballer
  • However, being partnered was more statusful than being single.2007, Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, Malden, M.A. […]: Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN…. From the entry statusful
  • I partnered the older kids with my kindergartners and let everyone get a taste of teaching or learning from someone different.1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 90. From the entry kindergartner

Meaning of partner

  1. noun Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
  2. noun Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
  3. noun A member of a business or law partnership.

Full definition of partner

Questions about the past tense of partner

What is the past tense of partner?
The past tense of partner is partnered.
What is the past participle of partner?
The past participle of partner is partnered.
Is partner a regular or irregular verb?
Partner is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: partner (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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