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pair
Found in thesaurus: set, ii, 2, two, deuce, gathering, assemblage, poker hand, unify, unite, bring together, join, occur, set up, arrange, conjoin
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pair
n.
match; whole consisting of two parts; couple, two people who are connected in a relationship (i.e. engaged, married, dating); two people who are working partners in a project; two animal that are joined for mating or working
v.
couple; be part one of a match; mate; form pairs
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PAIR
PAIR (Peer-Allocated Instant Response) is a project in the Netherlands that aims to match students with best-suited peer candidates for online support. It was launched in 2006 by the Open University of the Netherlands, an online university, and was supported by Fontys University and SURF, the national organization in the Netherlands that coordinates ICT in higher education.
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Pair
Pair may refer to:
- 2 (number), two of something, a pair
- Topological pair, an inclusion of topological spaces
- Tuple
- Product type
- Au pair, a work agreement
- Couple (disambiguation), various senses for two joined things
- Even number, in roulette etc.
- Ordered pair, in Mathematics and set theory
- Twisted pair, a couple of electric wires twisted together
- Pair (parliamentary convention), matching of members unable to attend, so as not to change the voting margin
- Pair, the French equivalent of peer, holder of a French Pairie, French high title roughly equivalent to a member of the British peerage
- Pair, a member of the Prussian House of Lords
- Pair (cricket), being out for 0 in both innings of a match
- A handshaking process in Bluetooth communications
- A team in pair skating
- Pairing, mathematics
- Pairing (computing), the linking together of devices to allow communications between them
- Couple (app), formerly Pair, a mobile application for two people
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pair
Noun
1. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
(synonym) brace
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedledee and Tweedledum
(derivation) geminate
2. two items of the same kind
(synonym) couple, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
(hypernym) two, 2, II, deuce
(hyponym) doubleton
(derivation) geminate
3. two people considered as a unit
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) couple, twosome, duo, duet
(derivation) copulate, mate, couple
4. a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
(hypernym) poker hand
Verb
1. form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
(synonym) pair off, partner off, couple
(hypernym) unite, unify
2. 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"
(synonym) match, mate, couple, twin
(hypernym) join, bring together
(hyponym) mismate
(verb-group) match
3. occur in pairs
(synonym) geminate
(hypernym) occur
(verb-group) geminate
(derivation) couple, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
4. arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"
(synonym) geminate
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(verb-group) geminate
(derivation) couple, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
5. make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
(synonym) copulate, mate, couple
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(hyponym) nick
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Pair (das)
n.
Pair, member of the french nobility
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pair
adj.
even
pair
nm.
peer, person of equal rank or standing, friend
