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English noun: pair | |||
| 1. | pair (group) a set of two similar things considered as a unit | ||
| Synonyms | brace | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Tweedledum and Tweedledee | ||
| 2. | pair (quantity) two items of the same kind | ||
| Synonyms | brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | 2, deuce, II, two | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | doubleton | ||
| Part holonym | fellow, mate | ||
| 3. | pair (group) two people considered as a unit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | couple, duet, duo, twosome, yoke | ||
| 4. | pair (group) a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poker hand | ||
English verb: pair | |||
| 1. | pair (social) form a pair or pairs | ||
| Samples | The two old friends paired off. | ||
| Synonyms | couple, pair off, partner off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unify, unite | ||
| 2. | pair (contact) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | couple, match, mate, twin | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring together, join | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mismatch, mismate | ||
| Verb group | match | ||
| 3. | pair (contact) occur in pairs | ||
| Synonyms | geminate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | occur | ||
| Verb group | geminate, pair | ||
| 4. | pair (contact) arrange in pairs | ||
| Samples | Pair these numbers. | ||
| Synonyms | geminate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
| Verb group | geminate, pair | ||
| 5. | pair (contact) engage in sexual intercourse | ||
| Samples | Birds mate in the Spring. | ||
| Synonyms | copulate, couple, mate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjoin, join | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, breed, bugger, cover, deflower, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, mount, nick, ride, roll in the hay, ruin, screw, serve, service, sleep together, sleep with, sodomise, sodomise, sodomize, sodomize, tread | ||
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