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Pronunciation

Noun

pair (plural pairs or pair)

  1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
    I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.
  2. Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.
    Spouses should make a great pair.
  3. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plurale tantum)
    a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans
    but not a pair of cymbals
  4. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
    A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.
  5. (card games) A poker hand that contains of two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
  6. (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match
  7. (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play
    They turned a pair to end the fifth.
  8. (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
    The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
  9. (slang) A pair of breasts
    She's got a gorgeous pair.

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Verb

to pair (third-person singular simple present pairs, present participle pairing, simple past and past participle paired)

  1. (transitive) To put two (people, sets or things) together.
    The wedding guests were paired boy-girl and groom's party-bride's party
  2. (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.

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Catalan

Verb

pair

  1. To digest

French

Etymology

From Latin par 'equal'

Pronunciation

Adjective

pair m. (f. paire, m. plural pairs, f. plural paires)

  1. (number) even

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Noun

pair m. (plural pairs)

  1. A peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)
  2. In tennis, the score deuce

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Romansch

Etymology

Latin pirum

Noun

pair

  1. A pear

 

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