PAIR • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Pair

/pɛr/ Listen

Pair

noun

1.

A set of two similar things considered as a unit. Synonym: brace.

2.

Two items of the same kind. Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke.

3.

Two people considered as a unit.

4.

A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value.

verb

(past & past part. paired; pres. part. pairing)

1.

Form a pair or pairs. Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off.

2.

Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin. "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?" , "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

3.

Occur in pairs. Synonym: geminate.

4.

Arrange in pairs. Synonym: geminate.

5.

Engage in sexual intercourse. Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate.

See more definitions of Pair...

See images of 'Pair'

Etymology of 'Pair'

Related searches:

pair of pincers

pair of scissors

pair of tweezers

pair of virginals

pair production

WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University

Share |

"Pair" Quotes from Famous Books

... outgrown it. These do not use their imaginations enough. Even if Edenic or Millennial tigers could digest grass and apples, are they therefore immortal? Is a species to live on forever in one representative, or one Platonic pair? ...

— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

... talking affably, fluently, and now and then he tapped the doctor familiarly on his shoulders to emphasize a remark. Sommers responded enough to keep his companion's interest. Once he gently restrained him, as the hatless man plunged carelessly forward in front of an approaching car. As the pair neared the house, the woman at the window could hear the rapid flow of talk. Preston was excited, ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... and me came back after taking a long walk that morning I saw a pair of Church of England prayer-books, looking as if they had just been neatly dusted, lying on the parlor table, where they hadn't been before, for I had carefully looked over every book. I think that when it was borne in upon Miss Pondar's soul that we was accustomed ...

— Pomona's Travels - A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former - Handmaiden • Frank R. Stockton

... tingling of her silvery voice with the rich melody of his, and I turned and left the garden, and walked back toward the town. The moon was full, but I staggered and groped my way, like one blind, to the college buildings. I knew where a pair of pistols was kept by one of the students, and possessing myself of them, I wandered out on the road leading to the parsonage. I was aware that Murray intended coming into the town, and at last I reeled into a shaded spot near the road, and waited for ...

— St. Elmo • Augusta J. Evans

... Still she did not shed tears about the matter, unless one time when Daisy's hand went up to her brow rather quick, it was to get rid of some improper suggestion there. More did not appear, either before or after the sudden crunching of the gravel by a pair of light wheels, and the coming up of a little Shetland pony, drawing ...

— Melbourne House • Elizabeth Wetherell

Copyright © 2025 Free-Translator.com