What are some opposite words for PAIR?
Antonyms for PAIR
pɛərpair
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pairnoun
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duopairnoun
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.
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duopairnoun
To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
The wedding guests were paired boy-girl and groom's party-bride's party
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duopairnoun
Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.
Spouses should make a great pair.
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duopairnoun
Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plurale tantum)
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duopairnoun
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.
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duopairnoun
A poker hand that contains of two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
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duopairnoun
A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match
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duopairnoun
A double play, two outs recorded in one play
They turned a pair to end the fifth.
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duopairnoun
A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
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duopairnoun
A pair of breasts
She's got a gorgeous pair.
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duo
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Princeton's WordNet
pair, bracenoun
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
Synonyms:
duad, brace, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, bitstock, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distichcouple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun
two items of the same kind
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pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, yoke, pair, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, brace, twain, duette, couple, span, duo, distichpairnoun
two people considered as a unit
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brace, span, twosome, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, yoke, duo, twainpairverb
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
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brace, span, twosome, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, yoke, duo, twainpair, pair off, partner off, coupleverb
form a pair or pairs
"The two old friends paired off"
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partner off, pair, twin, couple, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple upmatch, mate, couple, pair, twinverb
bring two objects, ideas, or people together
"This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
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fit, parallel, match, play off, touch, duplicate, gibe, equate, copulate, pair, couple on, checkmate, meet, agree, partner off, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, geminate, mate, pair off, couple, correspond, equalise, couple up, oppose, twin, jibepair, geminateverb
occur in pairs
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partner off, pair, reduplicate, twin, couple, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair offpair, geminateverb
arrange in pairs
"Pair these numbers"
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partner off, pair, reduplicate, twin, couple, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair offcopulate, mate, pair, coupleverb
engage in sexual intercourse
"Birds mate in the Spring"
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partner off, pair, checkmate, twin, couple, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple up
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How to use PAIR in a sentence?
Yeah, we know that, that's another pair, the thieves not only took The Slippers, they took a piece of history that will be forever connected to Grand Rapids and one of our city's most famous children.
The Joker Here we are, the perfect pair... Beauty and the Beast. Mind you, if anybody calls you beast, I'll rip their lungs out.
Sterling/dollar has weakened in line with our view and we still see scope for further downside in the pair.
This pair of condors is suspected of nesting in a remote portion of the Ventana Wilderness in the Arroyo Seco drainage, biologists have never entered the nest because of the area's inaccessibility.
With an incredibly bad hand, Vladimir Putin is bluffing the hell out of the West, if this is a poker analogy : Vladimir Putin has a pair of twos, we have a full house and we are folding our cards.
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