[
US
/ˈpɛɹ/
]
[ UK /pˈeə/ ]
[ UK /pˈeə/ ]
VERB
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bring two objects, ideas, or people together
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?
This fact is coupled to the other one -
form a pair or pairs
The two old friends paired off - occur in pairs
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engage in sexual intercourse
Birds mate in the Spring -
arrange in pairs
Pair these numbers
NOUN
- two people considered as a unit
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- two items of the same kind
- a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
How To Use pair In A Sentence
- Her desired outcome was a bit of money to help with major structural repairs.
- I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
- A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
- One Mercedes engineer estimated that, worldwide, up to 50,000 vehicles may have to be repaired, which is a blow for a company which prides itself on reliability and quality. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character. Times, Sunday Times
- Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
- They estimate the cost of repairing the damaged roads at ￡1 million.
- They had to fork out $ 100 to get the lorry repaired!
- A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
- It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them into the mood.
