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pair

(p/E/R )

a set of two similar things considered as a unit(noun.group)

Synonym:
brace

source: wordnet30
two items of the same kind(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke

source: wordnet30
two people considered as a unit(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.](noun)

source: webster1913

form a pair or pairs(verb.social)

Example:
The two old friends paired off.

Synonym:
couple, pair off, partner off

source: wordnet30
bring two objects, ideas, or people together(verb.contact)

Example:
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project.

Synonym:
couple, match, mate, twin

source: wordnet30
occur in pairs(verb.contact)

Synonym:
geminate

source: wordnet30
arrange in pairs(verb.contact)

Example:
Pair these numbers.

source: wordnet30
engage in sexual intercourse(verb.contact)

Synonym:
copulate, couple, mate

source: wordnet30
To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.(verb)

source: webster1913
To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.(verb)

source: webster1913
To impair.(verb)

source: webster1913

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