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  1. noun Two corresponding persons or items, similar in form or function and matched or associated: a pair of shoes.
  2. noun One object composed of two joined, similar parts that are dependent upon each other: a pair of pliers.
  3. noun Two persons who are married, engaged, or dating.
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  • Earlier, prosecuting lawyer Amanda Brady said the pair were arrested after a member of the public showed police a mobile phone video of an unidentified male being attacked in a room. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Because this pair is almost ready to fall apart, I've been trying to find a replacement. —  IGN Complete
  • Together, the pair has been a major force in T&T's rise to the top over the last four seasons. —  TrinidadExpress Today's News
  • This pair are the company's top-of-the-line HD flash memory camcorders, that both feature the new Digic DV III image processor, an 8. 59-megapixel full HD CMOS image sensor, and the ability to take —  Pocket-lint.com
  • In addition, Arrington cites sources who claim the pair are also talking about working together on a Google "real time search engine". —  ENN.ie
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

couple ·  set ·  piece ·  number ·  shape ·  row ·  band ·  one ·  picture ·  bunch ·  clothe ·  box

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pair:   pairing ·  pairs ·  paired
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  1. Middle English, from Old French paire, from Latin paria, equals, pl. of pār, a pair, from pār, equal; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English paire, payre, peire, peyre, peir, peer, peere, per, a pair (applied to any number of like things), from Old French paire, peire, French paire, feminine, also Old French pair, masculine, a pair, couple, = Spanish Portuguese par = Italian paro, pajo = Dutch paar = Middle Low German pār, Middle High German pār, bār, German paar = Icelandic par = Swedish Danish par, from Latin par, a pair, from par, equal: see par, peer.
  2. = German paaren = Swedish para = Danish parre; from the noun: see pair, n.
  3. Middle English pairen, payren, peiren, by apheresis for empairen, impair: see impair.
 

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