different between partner vs squeeze

English

Etymology

From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin part?ti?nem, singular accusative of part?ti? (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??tn?(?)/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p??tn?/, [?p???n?]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?p??tn?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?p??tn?/

Noun

partner (plural partners)

1. One of each halves of a pair of someone or something that belongs together.
2. Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
   1. A member of a business or law partnership.
      • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

        He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Di?charge to Adam Mu?het, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged Mu?het, and con?equently Houstoun his Partner.

   2. A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
   3. Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.

      • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

   4. Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
3. (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
4. (Jamaican) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:associate
• See also Thesaurus:spouse

Descendants

Translations

Verb

partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)

1. (transitive) To join as a partner.
2. (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.

Translations

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m (indefinite plural partnerë, definite singular partneri, definite plural partnerët)

1. partner

Declension

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?partn?r]

Noun

partner m

1. partner

Related terms

• See part

Further reading

• partner in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• partner in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner c (singular definite partneren, plural indefinite partnere)

1. partner

Inflection

References

• “partner” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?rt.n?r/
• Hyphenation: part?ner

Noun

partner m (plural partners, diminutive partnertje n)

1. partner, love interest, romantic and/or sexual companion
2. partner, companion (someone whom one engages in business)

   Synonyms: deelgenoot, genoot, vennoot

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?rtn?r]
• Hyphenation: part?ner
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

partner (plural partnerek)

1. partner

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• partner in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m or f (invariable)

1. partner (all senses)

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• pardner, partnah

Etymology

From English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??dna/
• Hyphenation: part?ner

Noun

partner (plural: partner dem, quantified: partner)

1. partner

2. (financial): An informal saving scheme.

See also

• throw partner

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 430

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English partner.

Noun

partner m (definite singular partneren, indefinite plural partnere, definite plural partnerne)

1. a partner

Derived terms

• partnerskap

See also

• partnar (Nynorsk)

References

• “partner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English partner, from Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”), from parçon (“partition”), from Latin part?ti?nem, singular accusative of part?ti? (“portion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?par.tn?r/

Noun

partner m pers (feminine partnerka)

1. partner (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
2. partner (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner)
3. equal (someone of equal status to others)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• (adverb) partnersko (adverb)

Further reading

• partner in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• partner in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner, from Old French parçonneour (“joint heir”).

Noun

partner m, f (plural partneres)

1. (dancing) a dance partner

   Synonym: par

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pârtner/
• Hyphenation: part?ner

Noun

p?rtner m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. partner

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner c

1. partner

   Synonyms: kompanjon, medspelare, moatjé

Usage notes

• The English plural partners is also used.

Declension

Related terms

References

• partner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English partner.

Noun

partner m (plural partneriaid or partners)

1. partner

   Template:coordinate term

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “partner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from English parter.

Noun

partner c (plural partners)

1. partner

Derived terms

• partnerskip

Further reading

• “partner”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, probably an alteration of quease (which is attested since 1550), from Middle English queisen (“to squeeze”), from Old English cw?san, cw?san (“to crush, squeeze”), of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare Swedish qväsa, kväsa (“to squeeze, bruise, crush; quell”), Dutch kwetsen (“to injure, hurt”), German quetschen (“to squeeze”)). Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to press, squeeze”). The slang expression "to put the squeeze on (someone or something)", meaning "to exert influence", is from 1711. The baseball term "squeeze play" is first recorded 1905. "Main squeeze" ("most important person") is attested from 1896, the specific meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980.

The nonstandard strong forms squoze and squozen, attested dialectally since at least the mid-19th century, are by analogy with freeze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwi?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Verb

squeeze (third-person singular simple present squeezes, present participle squeezing, simple past squeezed or (nonstandard) squoze, past participle squeezed or (nonstandard) squozen)

1. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

   I squeezed the ball between my hands.

   Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1:

     "Over there—by the rock," Steele muttered, with his brush between his teeth, squeezing out raw sienna, and keeping his eyes fixed on Betty Flanders's back.

2. (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.

   I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.

   Can you squeeze through that gap?

   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:

     Could he not squeeze under the seat of a carriage? He had seen this method adopted by schoolboys, when the journey- money provided by thoughtful parents had been diverted to other and better ends.

4. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.

   He squeezed some money out of his wallet.

5. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.

   I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.

   • 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

     At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.

6. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
7. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.

   Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.

Synonyms

• (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

squeeze (plural squeezes)

1. A close or tight fit.
2. (figuratively) A difficult position.

3. A hug or other affectionate grasp.

4. (slang) A romantic partner.
   • 1988, James Ellroy, Dudley Smith Trio: The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz, Random House (?ISBN), page 459:

     He spent nights cruising queer bars near the pad, saw Wiltsie at the dives, but always in the company of his squeeze, a guy he called 'Duane.'

   • 2012, J. Lamar, Tip Tap Toe, Xlibris Corporation (?ISBN), page 141:

     His young squeeze had just backed out and had not seen the assault on her “ sugar daddy” when it happened!

   • 2014, N. Lombardi Jr., Journey Towards a Falling Sun, John Hunt Publishing (?ISBN)

     But even considering that, he might have been a bit more restrained if he hadn't run into his former sexy squeeze, Penny Atieno.

5. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
6. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.

7. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
8. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
9. A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 65:

     Nollekens, finding his wife always benefited by these visits, never refused White a squeeze of a patera, or any thing that would answer his purpose; […] White […] had turned his wine-cellars into manufactories for the produce of cast coins, and moderns squeezes from Roman lamps.

10. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
11. (dated) The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
12. (dated) A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee.

Translations

See also

• squash
• squeegee
• squish
• margin squeeze