Pair

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1) Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.
 * Spouses should make a great pair.
 * 1) 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
 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  A poker hand that contains of two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
 * 2)  A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match
 * 3)  A double play, two outs recorded in one play
 * They turned a pair to end the fifth.
 * 1)  A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
 * The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
 * 1)  A pair of breasts
 * She's got a gorgeous pair.

Synonyms

 * duo
 * see WikiSaurus:breasts

Derived terms

 * pair-horse
 * pair-oar(ed)
 * pair production
 * pair skating
 * king pair, royal pair
 * on a pair

Verb

 * 1)  To group into sets of two.
 * ''The wedding guests were paired boy-girl and groom's party-bride's party


 * 1)  To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.

Derived terms

 * pairing

Related terms

 * pair off
 * pair up
 * parity

Adjectives for Pair
pensive; incestuous;  assorted; canniest; trusting; happy; inseparable; immense; innocent; elegant; gorgeous; excitable; newly- married; epic; spindle; bereaved; newly-hatched; illustrious; imprudent; wedded; paltry; particular; ill-sorted; lively.

Thesaurus
Gaussian integer, accouple, accumulate, ace, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, algebraic number, ally, amass, articulate, assemble, associate, band, band together, batch, be in cahoots, best bower, bond, both, bower, brace, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, cabal, cardinal, cardinal number, cards, cement, cement a union, centralize, chain, clap together, club, club together, clubs, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, come together, compare, compile, complex number, comprise, concatenate, confederate, conglobulate, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consociate, conspire, copulate, corral, couple, couple up, couplet, cover, craps, cumulate, deck, defective number, deuce, diamonds, dig up, distich, double, double harness, double-harness, double-team, doublet, doubleton, draw together, dredge up, drive together, duad, duet, dummy, duo, dyad, embrace, encompass, equipage, even number, face cards, federalize, federate, finite number, flush, four-in-hand, fraction, full house, gang, gang up, gather, gather in, gather together, get in, get together, glue, go in partners, go in partnership, group, hand, hearts, hook up with, imaginary number, impair, include, infinity, integer, irrational, irrational number, jack, join, join forces, join fortunes with, join together, join up with, join with, joker, juxtapose, king, knave, knot, lay together, league, left bower, link, look-alikes, lump together, make up, marry, marshal, mass, match, matching pair, mate, mates, merge, mixed number, mobilize, muster, ordinal, organize, pack, pair off, partner, picture cards, piece together, playing cards, polygonal number, prime number, pure imaginary, put together, queen, raise, rake up, rally, randem, rational, rational number, real, real number, rectangular number, rig, roll into one, round, round number, round up, royal flush, rubber, ruff, scrape together, serial number, set, set of two, singleton, snake eyes, solder, spades, span, spike, spike team, splice, stand together, stand up with, stick together, straight, surd, take in, take up, tandem, tape, team, team up, team up with, team with, the two, three-up, throw in with, tie, tie in with, tie up with, transcendental number, transfinite number, trey, trick, trump, turnout, twain, twin, twins, two, twosome, unicorn, unify, unionize, unite, unite with, wed, weld, whip in, whole number, yoke

Noun

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 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 双 (shuāng)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: par
 * German:
 * Greek: ζευγάρι (zevghári)
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 一組 (ひとくみ, hitokumi)
 * Korean: 한쌍 (hanssang)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: pāris
 * Luxembourgish: Puer
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: çift


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 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: ζευγάρι (zevghári)
 * Latvian: pāris
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Turkish: çift


 * Anglo-Norman:, ,
 * Czech:
 * French:


 * Latvian: pāris
 * Portuguese:


 * Dutch: tweespan


 * Turkish: çift


 * Dutch:


 * Hungarian:


 * Dutch: brilstand


 * : Paar
 * : paio (plural: paia ) (1,2)
 * : đôi, cặp

Verb

 * Czech: párovat


 * Dutch: ,

Anagrams

 * PIRA

Verb

 * 1) To digest

Adjective

 * 1)  even

Antonyms

 * impair

Related terms

 * parité

Noun

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

Antonyms

 * pari

Etymology
From par 'equal'

Anagrams

 * pari
 * pria
 * ripa

Noun

 * 1)  pear

Etymology
From pirum:.