PAIR
\pˈe͡ə], \pˈeə], \p_ˈeə]\
Definitions of PAIR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"
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occur in pairs
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a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
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two people considered as a unit
By Princeton University
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arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"
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occur in pairs
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a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
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two people considered as a unit
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
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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.]
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Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
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A married couple; a man and wife.
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A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
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Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
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In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
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To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
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Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
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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.
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To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
By Oddity Software
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A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
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Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
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A married couple; a man and wife.
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A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
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Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
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In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
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To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
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Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
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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.
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To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
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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.]
By Noah Webster.
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Two things of a kind, similar in form and used together; as, a pair of shoes; a single thing composed of two like parts; as, a pair of spectacles; a married couple; a couple or brace; as, a pair of ducks.
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To join in couples; to mate.
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To come together in couples; as, to pair off in a dance; to match; suit each other.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Two things equal, or suited to each other, or used together: a couple: a man and his wife.
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To join in couples.
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To be joined in couples: to fit as a counterpart.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
