### Clue: Meaning to find out about bridge partners (5)
### Answer: SENSE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Meaning
 SEE(to find out;to realise) **containing**(about) N,S(abbrev. for "north" and "south", denoting partners in bridge, the card game).
Defn: …;a way in which a word, expression, or situation may be interpreted, as in "the particular sense of a word may depend on the context it is used in".