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pair

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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."
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
"Spouses should make a great pair."
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"
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."
A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
"They turned a pair to end the fifth."
A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
"The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies."
A boat for two sweep rowers.
A pair of breasts
"She's got a gorgeous pair."
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.
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."
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
(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.

Synonyms:pair of spectacles spectacles

verb

To group into one or more sets of two.
"The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party."
To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.