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# partnership

noun (a partnership, partnerships)

«partnership» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Working together with someone as partners to do something: «The school works in partnership with the zoo». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#m1)
2. A business owned and run by two or more partners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#m2)
3. A pair or team who work or play well together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school: partner work, a reading partnership, and schools in partnership with libraries or charities. In sport: a batting partnership in cricket counts the runs scored by two batters together. In maths word problems about business, partners may share profits. Phrases: «in partnership with», «form a partnership», «a good partnership».

### Examples

- Our school has a partnership with the local library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x1)
- The two friends formed a great partnership in the science fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x2)
- In cricket, their partnership scored fifty runs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x3)
- The shop is a partnership between two sisters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x4)
- Working in partnership helps us finish faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x5)
- The zoo and the school worked in partnership to save the frogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x6)
- An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/#x7)

### Note

Countable. From partner + -ship (like friendship). Partners usually share the work and the profits.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «partnership» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«partnership» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/partnership.html) on Mova free.