pair
/pɛə/
Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of; often followed by of.; One of the constituent items that make up a pair
- plural
- pairs
Meanings
- 1
Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of
Tom needs a new pair of glasses.
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I bought a new pair of glasses.
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- 2
Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.; One of the constituent items that make up a pair
- 3
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship
- 4
Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)rare
- 5
A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yokerare
- 6
A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better handrare
- 7
A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings matchrare
- 8
A double play, two outs recorded in one playrare
- 9
A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teamsrare
- 10
A boat for two sweep rowersrare