partnership

noun

ˈpärt-nər-ˌship How to pronounce partnership (audio)
Definition of partnershipnext
as in collaboration
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) the symphony orchestra is presenting the choral piece in partnership with the city's leading choral society

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Recent Examples of partnership Vaibhav steps into the India lineup in place of Ishan Kishan who has a groin injury and will bat at first drop unless India chooses to match him in an all left hand opening partnership with Abhishek Sharma. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Colley said Union benefits from strong schools, employment opportunities and community partnerships. — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026 John Lough, head of international partnerships at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre, had a similar view. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Emily Pisacreta is the senior producer for An Arm and a Leg, a podcast about the cost of healthcare produced in partnership with KFF Health News and distributed by KUOW, Seattle's NPR member station. — Emily Pisacreta, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for partnership
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partnership
  1. collaboration
  2. relationship
  3. association
  4. cooperation
  5. affiliation
  6. connection
Noun
  • The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The collaboration is part of a broader strategy to introduce the 50-year-old house to new consumers while building on recent commercial gains.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaboration
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  • Letters could sustain relationships between people separated by oceans, and sometimes those relationships achieved an intimacy unavailable to people who occupied the same rooms.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But the relationship was bound to disappoint, given Vucic’s high hopes.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of relationship
Noun
  • The association remained after accounting for whether patients completed radiation on time, suggesting that on-time completion may not fully explain the difference.
    — Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Elliott, senior director of Banner Sports Medicine High Performance Center, told Banner Health that most of the available research is observational and shows association rather than direct cause.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of association
Noun
  • Authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un has taken a hard line toward Seoul and has suspended virtually all dialogue and cooperation with the South in recent years.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Talks would focus on cooperation in energy, nuclear plants, sustainable mining and the defense industry.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooperation
Noun
  • Into the early 1950s, recent Chinese immigrants with any potential Communist affiliation were detained on Ellis Island or deported to Red China.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the latest polling, 52% of Catholics said moderate alcohol consumption is bad for health, alongside 56% of adults with no religious affiliation and 48% of Protestants.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of affiliation
Noun
  • Tonight’s Venus cazimi could clarify which connections or future plans still genuinely excite you.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Future vehicles will also be able to check their electrical connections during assembly, potentially eliminating a final electrical validation step.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of connection

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