PAIR OFF vs PAIR: NOUN
- N/A
- A married couple; a man and wife.
- An electron pair.
- Two members of a deliberative body with opposing opinions on a given issue who agree to abstain from voting on the issue, thereby offsetting each other.
- Two playing cards of the same denomination.
- Two animals joined together in work.
- Two mated animals.
- Two persons who have something in common and are considered together.
- Two persons who are married, engaged, or dating.
- One object composed of two joined, similar parts that are dependent upon each other.
- Two corresponding persons or items, similar in form or function and matched or associated.
- Two items of the same kind
- A set of two similar things considered as a unit
- Two people considered as a unit
- A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
- A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together
- =Syn. 1-3. Pair, Couple, Yoke, Brace, Dyad, Duad. Pair and couple properly express two individuals or unities naturally or habitually going together or making a set: as, a pair of horses, gloves, oars; a wedded pair; a loving couple; but pair also means two things alike and put together, and couple has by colloquial use come to be often applied to two, however accidentally brought together: as, give him a couple of apples. Yoke, on the other hand, applies only to two animals customarily yoked together: as, a yoke of oxen. Brace is rather a hunters' term, with limited and peculiar application: as, a brace of partridges, pistols, slugs. Dyad is used in philosophical and mathematical language only. Duad is a special mathematical word signifying an unordered pair.
- See the adjectives.
- In poker, two of the same denomination, without regard to suit or color: as, a pair of aces or deuces.
- In deliberative bodies, two members belonging to opposing parties who for their own convenience (as to permit one or both of them to be absent) arrange with each other to refrain from voting for a specified time or on a specified question, thus nullifying a vote on each side; also, the arrangement thus effected. See pairing.
- In mining, a set or gang of men working together at the same hours.
- In archery, a set of three arrows.
- A set of like or equal things: restricted to a few (mostly obsolete) phrases: as, a pair (or pack) of cards; a pair (or flight) of stairs; a pair of organs (that is, a set of organ-pipes, hence an organ); a pair of gallows (that is, a gibbet); a pair of beads (see bead).
- A married couple; in general, two mated animals of any kind.
- Specifically
- A couple; a brace; a span: as, a pair of pistols; a pair of horses.
- A single thing composed essentially of two pieces or parts which are used only in combination and named only in the plural: as, a pair of scissors, trousers, or spectacles.
- Two things of a kind, similar in form, identical in purpose, and matched or used together: as, a pair of gloves; a pair of shoes.
- In mech., two parts or pieces, each of which acts against the other to hold it in position or to restrain its motion, as a bearing and journal, or a screw and nut.
- In roulette, an even number.
- Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace
- A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set. “A pair of beads.” Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. “Four pair of stairs.” Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused.]
- Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together
- Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question (in order, for example, to allow the members to be absent during the vote without affecting the outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: VERB
- To join two people into a relationship
- Form a pair or pairs
- To become separate into groups of two.
- Form a pair or pairs
- Arrange in pairs
- Occur in pairs
- Make love
- Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
- To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.
- To agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.
- To join with another in love or mating.
- To form pairs or a pair.
- To combine or join (one person or thing) with another to form a pair.
- To arrange in sets of two; couple.
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- See under Fin.
- To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To impair.
- To become impaired; deteriorate.
- To form a pair or pairs; specifically, to be joined in pairs as birds are in the breeding season; mate; couple.
- To suit; fit; match.
- To abstain from voting by arrangement with a member of the opposite party to do the same: said of members of deliberative assemblies. See pairing.
- To join in couples; specifically, to cause to mate: as, to pair a canary with a siskin.
- To unite or assort in twos as well suited to each other.
- In cribbage, to match (the card last played by the adversary).
- Engage in sexual intercourse
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: RELATED WORDS
- Bars, Barred, Bar, Balancing, Balance, Backlash, Arm, Wheelie, Suspenders, Backgammon, Pairing, Team, Partner off, Couple, Pair
- Couplet, Yoke, Duet, Twain, Dyad, Doubleton, Copulate, Span, Match, Brace, Mate, Twin, Twosome, Duo, Couple
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Cast, Brush, Beetle, Bead, Bat, Base, Barred, Bar, Balancing, Balance, Wheelie, Backgammon, Pairing, Team, Couple
- Tandem, Bunch, Handful, Two, Distich, Couplet, Duet, Twain, Dyad, Span, Match, Brace, Mate, Twin, Couple
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Choosing not to pair off for the sake of being in a couple is brave too.
- If time is short, pair off the groups and have them present to each other.
- Uniquely captured the car was a pair off with you have been working and juliet.
- Pair off students in groups of two, or ask them to find a partner.
- Then, we pair off to spend some time on each others' work.
- Students should pair off into six groups depending on their number.
- Pair off fees may apply if commitments cannot be delivered.
- Have players pair off by size and speed.
- Everyone seemed to pair off after that though.
- Willy Fulton drops the pair off on Sept.
- For every pair of socks you buy, they donate a pair to homeless shelters, where socks are the most requested item.
- Sunshine Au Pair shall offer the host family to work on applying a new au pair with below payment conditions.
- After pairs have recorded their initial observations, have each pair join with another pair to form a group of four.
- If an atom has an electron pair it will normally not share that pair to form a bond.
- Twisted Pair Wire The oldest, simplest, and most common type of conducted media is twisted pair wires.
- Ordered Pair An ordered pair consists of two objects or elements in a given fixed order.
- The pair of cables and connectors are a pair, usually marked as red and white.
- The missing pair that they would have played is known as the phantom pair.
- First pair must be of equal or greater value to free pair.
- Bombas donates a pair of socks for every pair sold.
PAIR OFF vs PAIR: QUESTIONS
- N/A
- Which pair establishes equilibrium in the money market?
- Which pair of matrices are detectable and stabilizable?
- Apa yang dimaksud dengan kabel Unshielded twisted pair?
- What does adenine pair with during DNA replication?
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- Which pair of elements represent geometrical isomers?
- What do the 2 iterators of the pair pair represent?
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- Can MQ HA pair and Dr qmgr pair run at the same time?
- How can matched pair design be used to pair subjects effectively?