Word: Pair
How to pronounce: peə
Noun
Definitions:
1. A set of two things used together or regarded as a unit.
Example sentences: "A pair of gloves"
2. An article consisting of two joined or corresponding parts not used separately.
Example sentences: "A pair of jeans"
3. Either or both of two members of a legislative assembly on opposite sides who absent themselves from voting by mutual arrangement, leaving the relative position of the parties unaffected.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Join or connect to form a pair.
Example sentences: "She wore a cardigan paired with a matching skirt"
2. Give (a member of a legislative assembly) another member as a pair, to allow both to absent themselves from a vote without affecting the result.
Example sentences: "An absent member on one side is to be paired with an absentee on the other"
3. Wirelessly connect (an electronic device) to another via Bluetooth.
Synonyms:
couple
a couple
steam room
dyad
brace
yoke
twain
twosome
twin
match
mate
duo
duet
two
Antonyms:
unpair
Derivations:
paired
pairing
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Pair in Other Languages...
Spanish: Par
German: Pair
French: Pair
Italian: Coppia
Turkish: çiftli
