| NOUN | group | pair, brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
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| quantity | pair, couple, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad | two items of the same kind | |
| group | pair | two people considered as a unit | |
| group | pair | a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value | |
| VERB | social | pair, pair off, partner off, couple | form a pair or pairs |
| contact | pair, match, mate, couple, twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together | |
| contact | pair, geminate | occur in pairs | |
| contact | pair, geminate | arrange in pairs | |
| contact | pair, copulate, mate, couple | engage in sexual intercourse |
| Sounds | peh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | A set of two similar things considered as a unit. | |
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| Synonym | brace | |
| Narrower | Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedledee and Tweedledum | Any two people who are hard to tell apart |
| Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
| Spanish | par | |
| Catalan | parell | |
| Verbs | pair | bring two objects, ideas, or people together |
| pair | occur in pairs | |
| Meaning | Two items of the same kind. | |
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| Synonyms | couple, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad | |
| Parts | mate, fellow | One of a pair |
| Narrower | doubleton | (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player |
| Broader | two, 2, II, deuce | The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number |
| Spanish | dúo, pareja, par, tándem | |
| Catalan | duo, parella, parell | |
| Verbs | pair | arrange in pairs |
| pair | occur in pairs | |
| Meaning | Two people considered as a unit. | |
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| Narrower | couple, twosome, duo, duet | A pair who associate with one another |
| yoke | A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | pareja | |
| Catalan | parella | |
| Verbs | pair | engage in sexual intercourse |
| pair | bring two objects, ideas, or people together | |
| pair | form a pair or pairs | |
| Meaning | A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value. | |
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| Broader | poker hand | The 5 cards held in a game of poker |
| Meaning | form a pair or pairs. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The two old friends paired off" | |
| Synonyms | pair off, partner off, couple | |
| Broader | unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief |
| Spanish | aparearse, aparear, emparejarse, emparejar | |
| Catalan | acoblar-se, acoblar, aparellar-se, aparellar, apariar-se, apariar | |
| Nouns | pair | two people considered as a unit |
| pairing | the act of grouping things or people in pairs | |
| Meaning | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" | |
| Synonyms | match, mate, couple, twin | |
| Narrower | mismatch | match badly |
| mismate | Provide with an unsuitable mate | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Similar to | match | Give or join in marriage |
| Spanish | acoplar, casar, emparejar, relacionar | |
| Catalan | acoblar, aparellar, casar, relacionar | |
| Nouns | pair | two people considered as a unit |
| pair | a set of two similar things considered as a unit | |
| Meaning | Occur in pairs. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | geminate | |
| Broader | occur | To be found to exist |
| Similar to | pair, geminate | Arrange in pairs |
| Nouns | pair | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
| pair | two items of the same kind | |
| Meaning | Arrange in pairs. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Pair these numbers" | |
| Synonym | geminate | |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| Similar to | pair, geminate | Occur in pairs |
| Nouns | pair | two items of the same kind |
| Meaning | Engage in sexual intercourse. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | copulate, mate, couple | |
| Entailed by | conceive | Become pregnant |
| Narrower | breed, cover | copulate with a female, used especially of horses |
| deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity | |
| nick | mate successfully | |
| ride, mount | copulate with | |
| serve, service | mate with | |
| sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk | Have sexual intercourse with | |
| sodomize, sodomise, bugger | Practice anal sex upon | |
| sodomize, sodomise | copulate with an animal | |
| tread | mate with | |
| Broader | join, conjoin | make contact or come together |
| Spanish | aparearse, aparear, copular, emparejarse | |
| Catalan | acoblar-se, aparellar, apariar-se | |
| Nouns | pair | two people considered as a unit |
| pairing | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | |
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