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Type Words
Synonyms brace
Type of set
Has types tweedledee and tweedledum, tweedledum and tweedledee
Type Words
Synonyms geminate
Type of arrange, set up
Verb group geminate
Type Words
Synonyms brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke
Type of two, ii, deuce, 2
Has types doubleton
Type Words
Synonyms couple, pair off, partner off
Type of unite, unify
Derivation pairing


The two old friends paired off.
Type Words
Synonyms copulate, couple, mate
Type of conjoin, join
Has types be intimate, bed, bonk, breed, bugger, cover, deflower, do it, eff, fuck, ride, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, mount, nick, tread, sodomize, sodomise, sleep with, sleep together, service, serve, screw, ruin, roll in the hay, bang
Derivation pairing
Type Words
Synonyms geminate
Type of occur
Verb group geminate
Type Words
Synonyms couple, match, mate, twin
Type of join
Has types mismatch, mismate
Verb group match


The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project.
Type Words
Type of poker hand
Type Words
Type of gathering, assemblage
Has types yoke, duo, duet, couple, twosome

Examples of pair

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Donna Morin of Franklin snagged a pair of $30 Isotoner gloves for just 40 cents.
From the tennessean.com
The pair walk together several times a week and play together like fast friends.
From the abcnews.go.com
He returned to Ames as an assistant at the YMCA, where the pair met at a social.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Hunter finished 3-for-3 with four runs knocked in, adding a pair of RBI singles.
From the sacbee.com
Texas starter Neftali Feliz gave up four hits and a pair of runs in five frames.
From the thenewstribune.com
Because maybe you want to pair white with the appetizer and red with the entree.
From the news-journalonline.com
The freshman hit a pair of deep three-pointers along with a floater in the lane.
From the usatoday.com
They allowed 11 home runs, with each starting pitcher giving up at least a pair.
From the denverpost.com
Wheaton co-op produced a pair of champions in Mark Ciesielski and Bayly Sheeley.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • A set of two similar things considered as a unit
  • Form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
  • Couple: two items of the same kind
  • Match: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  • Occur in pairs
  • A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
  • PAIR (Peer-Allocated Instant Response) is a project in the Netherlands that aims to match students with best-suited peer candidates for online support. ...
  • Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven. It is known for its rich terminology. from CricInfo retrieved May 13, 2008 from the England Cricket Board retrieved May 13, 2008 from BBC News retrieved May 13, 2008 Some terms are often thought to be arcane and humorous by those not ...
  • In mathematics, an ordered pair is a combination of two objects, most often coordinates (or entries or projections), in which the first (the first coordinate or first entry or left projection) is distinguished from the second (the second coordinate or second entry or right projection). ...