Meaning of 'pair' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.]
- Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other,
and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a
pair of shoes.
- Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair
of horses; a pair of oxen.
- A married couple; a man and wife.
- 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.
- 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.
- In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied
to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
- To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for
breeding.
- To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
- 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.
- To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions
not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- To impair.
Meaning of 'pair' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- engage in sexual intercourse
Meaning (2):
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
Example in sentence:- Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?;
- The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project;
- This fact is coupled to the other one
Meaning (3):
- arrange in pairs
Meaning (4):
- form a pair or pairs
Example in sentence:- The two old friends paired off
Definition
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