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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   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.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.

   “Spouses should make a great pair.”

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)

   “a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans”

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   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.”

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   A double play, two outs recorded in one play.

   “They turned a pair to end the fifth.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams

   “The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.”

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   A boat for two sweep rowers.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    A pair of breasts

    “She's got a gorgeous pair.”

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    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.

    “There were two pairs on the final vote.”

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To group into one or more sets of two.

    “The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.”

16. Meaning 16 · verb

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

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.

18. Meaning 18 · verb

    To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

How this word is used

• Everyday “I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
• General “Spouses should make a great pair.”
• General “a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans”
• General “A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.”
• General “They turned a pair to end the fifth.”
• General “The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.”
• General “She's got a gorgeous pair.”
• General “There were two pairs on the final vote.”
• Everyday “The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.”

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