significant other
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In Canadian English, this word typically means:
NOUN:
(formal; gender-neutral) romantic partner
EXAMPLES:
“The wedding invitation states that no significant others are allowed. Can you believe that? I mean, first they don’t let you bring your children, and then they don’t let you bring the person you’re dating, or even your spouse!?”
“Everyone in my family, except for me, currently has a significant other: my parents are divorced, but my father has a girlfriend and my mother a fiancé; my older brother has a wife; my younger sister has a boyfriend–they’re common law; my younger brother has a partner... I am the only single Pringle in the family.”
Are you in a romantic relationship? Where did you and your significant other meet? Practice your English by telling me about it in the comments below.