- 1[transitive, usually passive] to put people or things into groups of two pair A with B Each blind student was paired with a sighted student. pair A and B (together) All the shoes on the floor were neatly paired.
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of animals/birds - 2[intransitive] (technology) to come together in order to breed Many of the species pair for life. Phrasal Verbspair offpair up
pair
verbNAmE//pɛr//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pair he / she / it pairs
past simple paired
-ing form pairing
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