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Synonyms for pair

couple

pair off or up

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Synonyms for pair

two items of the same kind together

two persons united, as by marriage

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Synonyms for pair

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

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form a pair or pairs

bring two objects, ideas, or people together

occur in pairs

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arrange in pairs

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(ii) Pairs of opposites which are contraries are not in any way interdependent, but are contrary the one to the other.
'Yes; there's a pair of Vellingtons a good deal worn, and a pair o' lady's shoes, in number five.'
Two brides, elaborately dressed in white, with ribbons, laces, and pearls, and crowned with orange-blossoms whose satiny petals nodded beneath their veils, were surrounded by joyous families, and accompanied by their mothers, to whom they looked up, now and then, with eyes that were content and timid both; the faces of all the rest reflected happiness, and seemed to be invoking blessings on the youthful pairs. Fathers, witnesses, brothers, and sisters went and came, like a happy swarm of insects disporting in the sun.
As soon as that important business is concluded, I will have a pair of my own horses harnessed to convey it direct to Madame Danglars."
de Villefort, he fulfilled the predictions of Heloise to the letter, -- donned his dress suit, drew on a pair of white gloves, ordered the servants to attend the carriage dressed in their full livery, and drove that same night to No.
There was an interval of hesitation, whispering, and smiles; but the expression of solemn emotion on the faces of the betrothed pair did not change: on the contrary, in their perplexity over their hands they looked more grave and deeply moved than before, and the smile with which Stepan Arkadyevitch whispered to them that now they would each put on their own ring died away on his lips.
From all these mute signs and tokens of her presence, he naturally glanced at Barbara herself, who sat as mute as they, shelling peas into a dish; and just when Kit was looking at her eyelashes and wondering--quite in the simplicity of his heart-- what colour her eyes might be, it perversely happened that Barbara raised her head a little to look at him, when both pair of eyes were hastily withdrawn, and Kit leant over his plate, and Barbara over her pea-shells, each in extreme confusion at having been detected by the other.
'Can you row?' the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting- needles as she spoke.
'Feather!' cried the Sheep, as she took up another pair of needles.
The Kearney brothers had divided a suit between them, the elder wearing a tightly-fitting, single-breasted blue frock-coat and a pair of pink striped cotton trousers, while the younger candidly displayed the trousers of his brother's suit, as a harmonious change to a shining black alpaca coat and crimson neckerchief.
Give us two weeks more, Miss Carr--only two weeks to wash up our work and realize--and we'll give you a pair of 2.40 steppers and a skeleton buggy to meet you at the top of the hill and drive you over to the cabin.
This was after they lost 0-2 to the South African pair of Grant Goldschmidt and Leo Williams in the quarter-finals.
The finalists of the 11th European Aerobic Gymnastics Championships among juniors performing in mixed pairs have been determined at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku,Trendreports.
There are two pairs I would advise you to keep: a pair of flats from Chanel or Hermes Oran sandals.
"Last year we announced Fast Pair, a set of specs that make it easier to connect Bluetooth headsets and speakers to Android devices. Today, we're making it easier for people to connect Fast Pair compatible accessories to devices associated with the same Google Account," Google said on its (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/11/fast-pair-update.html) Android Developer Blog . "Fast Pair will connect accessories to a user's current and future Android phones (6.0 and up), and we're adding support for Chromebooks in 2019."