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Synonyms pair synonyms
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Conjugation pair conjugation
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pair · verb
Present I pair
Positive I pair
Singular
1st person I pair
2nd person you pair
3rd person he/she/it pairs
Plural
1st person we pair
2nd person you pair
3rd person they pair
Negative I don't pair
Singular
1st person I don't pair I do not pair
2nd person you don't pair you do not pair
3rd person he/she/it doesn't pair he/she/it does not pair
Plural
1st person we don't pair we do not pair
2nd person you don't pair you do not pair
3rd person they don't pair they do not pair
Question do I pair?
Singular
1st person do I pair?
2nd person do you pair?
3rd person does he/she/it pair?
Plural
1st person do we pair?
2nd person do you pair?
3rd person do they pair?
Negative question don't I pair?
Singular
1st person don't I pair? do I not pair?
2nd person don't you pair? do you not pair?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it pair? does he/she/it not pair?
Plural
1st person don't we pair? do we not pair?
2nd person don't you pair? do you not pair?
3rd person don't they pair? do they not pair?
Past I paired
Positive I paired
Singular
1st person I paired
2nd person you paired
3rd person he/she/it paired
Plural
1st person we paired
2nd person you paired
3rd person they paired
Negative I didn't pair
Singular
1st person I didn't pair I did not pair
2nd person you didn't pair you did not pair
3rd person he/she/it didn't pair he/she/it did not pair
Plural
1st person we didn't pair we did not pair
2nd person you didn't pair you did not pair
3rd person they didn't pair they did not pair
Question did I pair?
Singular
1st person did I pair?
2nd person did you pair?
3rd person did he/she/it pair?
Plural
1st person did we pair?
2nd person did you pair?
3rd person did they pair?
Negative question didn't I pair?
Singular
1st person didn't I pair? did I not pair?
2nd person didn't you pair? did you not pair?
3rd person didn't he/she/it pair? did he/she/it not pair?
Plural
1st person didn't we pair? did we not pair?
2nd person didn't you pair? did you not pair?
3rd person didn't they pair? did they not pair?
Future I'll pair
Positive I'll pair
Singular
1st person I'll pair I will pair
2nd person you'll pair you will pair
3rd person he/she/it'll pair he/she/it will pair
Plural
1st person we'll pair we will pair
2nd person you'll pair you will pair
3rd person they'll pair they will pair
Negative I won't pair
Singular
1st person I won't pair I will not pair
2nd person you won't pair you will not pair
3rd person he/she/it won't pair he/she/it will not pair
Plural
1st person we won't pair we will not pair
2nd person you won't pair you will not pair
3rd person they won't pair they will not pair
Question will I pair?
Singular
1st person will I pair?
2nd person will you pair?
3rd person will he/she/it pair?
Plural
1st person will we pair?
2nd person will you pair?
3rd person will they pair?
Negative question won't I pair?
Singular
1st person won't I pair? will I not pair?
2nd person won't you pair? will you not pair?
3rd person won't he/she/it pair? will he/she/it not pair?
Plural
1st person won't we pair? will we not pair?
2nd person won't you pair? will you not pair?
3rd person won't they pair? will they not pair?
Conditional I'd pair
Positive I'd pair
Singular
1st person I'd pair I would pair
2nd person you'd pair you would pair
3rd person he/she/it'd pair he/she/it would pair
Plural
1st person we'd pair we would pair
2nd person you'd pair you would pair
3rd person they'd pair they would pair
Negative I wouldn't pair
Singular
1st person I wouldn't pair I would not pair
2nd person you wouldn't pair you would not pair
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't pair he/she/it would not pair
Plural
1st person we wouldn't pair we would not pair
2nd person you wouldn't pair you would not pair
3rd person they wouldn't pair they would not pair
Question would I pair?
Singular
1st person would I pair?
2nd person would you pair?
3rd person would he/she/it pair?
Plural
1st person would we pair?
2nd person would you pair?
3rd person would they pair?
Negative question wouldn't I pair?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I pair? would I not pair?
2nd person wouldn't you pair? would you not pair?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it pair? would he/she/it not pair?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we pair? would we not pair?
2nd person wouldn't you pair? would you not pair?
3rd person wouldn't they pair? would they not pair?
Present continuous I'm pairing
Positive I'm pairing
Singular
1st person I'm pairing I am pairing
2nd person you're pairing you are pairing
3rd person he/she/it's pairing he/she/it is pairing
Plural
1st person we're pairing we are pairing
2nd person you're pairing you are pairing
3rd person they're pairing they are pairing
Negative I'm not pairing
Singular
1st person I'm not pairing I am not pairing
2nd person you aren't pairing you're not pairing you are not pairing
3rd person he/she/it isn't pairing he/she/it's not pairing he/she/it is not pairing
Plural
1st person we aren't pairing we're not pairing we are not pairing
2nd person you aren't pairing you're not pairing you are not pairing
3rd person they aren't pairing they're not pairing they are not pairing
Question am I pairing?
Singular
1st person am I pairing?
2nd person are you pairing?
3rd person is he/she/it pairing?
Plural
1st person are we pairing?
2nd person are you pairing?
3rd person are they pairing?
Negative question aren't I pairing?
Singular
1st person aren't I pairing? am I not pairing?
2nd person aren't you pairing? are you not pairing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it pairing? is he/she/it not pairing?
Plural
1st person aren't we pairing? are we not pairing?
2nd person aren't you pairing? are you not pairing?
3rd person aren't they pairing? are they not pairing?
Past continuous I was pairing
Positive I was pairing
Singular
1st person I was pairing
2nd person you were pairing
3rd person he/she/it was pairing
Plural
1st person we were pairing
2nd person you were pairing
3rd person they were pairing
Negative I wasn't pairing
Singular
1st person I wasn't pairing I was not pairing
2nd person you weren't pairing you were not pairing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't pairing he/she/it was not pairing
Plural
1st person we weren't pairing we were not pairing
2nd person you weren't pairing you were not pairing
3rd person they weren't pairing they were not pairing
Question was I pairing?
Singular
1st person was I pairing?
2nd person were you pairing?
3rd person was he/she/it pairing?
Plural
1st person were we pairing?
2nd person were you pairing?
3rd person were they pairing?
Negative question wasn't I pairing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I pairing? was I not pairing?
2nd person weren't you pairing? were you not pairing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it pairing? was he/she/it not pairing?
Plural
1st person weren't we pairing? were we not pairing?
2nd person weren't you pairing? were you not pairing?
3rd person weren't they pairing? were they not pairing?
Future continuous I'll be pairing
Positive I'll be pairing
Singular
1st person I'll be pairing I will be pairing
2nd person you'll be pairing you will be pairing
3rd person he/she/it'll be pairing he/she/it will be pairing
Plural
1st person we'll be pairing we will be pairing
2nd person you'll be pairing you will be pairing
3rd person they'll be pairing they will be pairing
Negative I won't be pairing
Singular
1st person I won't be pairing I will not be pairing
2nd person you won't be pairing you will not be pairing
3rd person he/she/it won't be pairing he/she/it will not be pairing
Plural
1st person we won't be pairing we will not be pairing
2nd person you won't be pairing you will not be pairing
3rd person they won't be pairing they will not be pairing
Question will I be pairing?
Singular
1st person will I be pairing?
2nd person will you be pairing?
3rd person will he/she/it be pairing?
Plural
1st person will we be pairing?
2nd person will you be pairing?
3rd person will they be pairing?
Negative question won't I be pairing?
Singular
1st person won't I be pairing? will I not be pairing?
2nd person won't you be pairing? will you not be pairing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be pairing? will he/she/it not be pairing?
Plural
1st person won't we be pairing? will we not be pairing?
2nd person won't you be pairing? will you not be pairing?
3rd person won't they be pairing? will they not be pairing?
Conditional continuous I'd be pairing
Positive I'd be pairing
Singular
1st person I'd be pairing I would be pairing
2nd person you'd be pairing you would be pairing
3rd person he/she/it'd be pairing he/she/it would be pairing
Plural
1st person we'd be pairing we would be pairing
2nd person you'd be pairing you would be pairing
3rd person they'd be pairing they would be pairing
Negative I wouldn't be pairing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be pairing I would not be pairing
2nd person you wouldn't be pairing you would not be pairing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be pairing he/she/it would not be pairing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be pairing we would not be pairing
2nd person you wouldn't be pairing you would not be pairing
3rd person they wouldn't be pairing they would not be pairing
Question would I be pairing?
Singular
1st person would I be pairing?
2nd person would you be pairing?
3rd person would he/she/it be pairing?
Plural
1st person would we be pairing?
2nd person would you be pairing?
3rd person would they be pairing?
Negative question wouldn't I be pairing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be pairing? would I not be pairing?
2nd person wouldn't you be pairing? would you not be pairing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be pairing? would he/she/it not be pairing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be pairing? would we not be pairing?
2nd person wouldn't you be pairing? would you not be pairing?
3rd person wouldn't they be pairing? would they not be pairing?
Present perfect I've paired
Positive I've paired
Singular
1st person I've paired I have paired
2nd person you've paired you have paired
3rd person he/she/it's paired he/she/it has paired
Plural
1st person we've paired we have paired
2nd person you've paired you have paired
3rd person they've paired they have paired
Negative I haven't paired
Singular
1st person I haven't paired I have not paired
2nd person you haven't paired you have not paired
3rd person he/she/it hasn't paired he/she/it has not paired
Plural
1st person we haven't paired we have not paired
2nd person you haven't paired you have not paired
3rd person they haven't paired they have not paired
Question have I paired?
Singular
1st person have I paired?
2nd person have you paired?
3rd person has he/she/it paired?
Plural
1st person have we paired?
2nd person have you paired?
3rd person have they paired?
Negative question haven't I paired?
Singular
1st person haven't I paired? have I not paired?
2nd person haven't you paired? have you not paired?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it paired? has he/she/it not paired?
Plural
1st person haven't we paired? have we not paired?
2nd person haven't you paired? have you not paired?
3rd person haven't they paired? have they not paired?
Past perfect I had paired
Positive I had paired
Singular
1st person I had paired
2nd person you had paired
3rd person he/she/it had paired
Plural
1st person we had paired
2nd person you had paired
3rd person they had paired
Negative I hadn't paired
Singular
1st person I hadn't paired I had not paired
2nd person you hadn't paired you had not paired
3rd person he/she/it hadn't paired he/she/it had not paired
Plural
1st person we hadn't paired we had not paired
2nd person you hadn't paired you had not paired
3rd person they hadn't paired they had not paired
Question had I paired?
Singular
1st person had I paired?
2nd person had you paired?
3rd person had he/she/it paired?
Plural
1st person had we paired?
2nd person had you paired?
3rd person had they paired?
Negative question hadn't I paired?
Singular
1st person hadn't I paired? had I not paired?
2nd person hadn't you paired? had you not paired?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it paired? had he/she/it not paired?
Plural
1st person hadn't we paired? had we not paired?
2nd person hadn't you paired? had you not paired?
3rd person hadn't they paired? had they not paired?
Future perfect I'll have paired
Positive I'll have paired
Singular
1st person I'll have paired I will have paired
2nd person you'll have paired you will have paired
3rd person he/she/it'll have paired he/she/it will have paired
Plural
1st person we'll have paired we will have paired
2nd person you'll have paired you will have paired
3rd person they'll have paired they will have paired
Negative I won't have paired
Singular
1st person I won't have paired I will not have paired
2nd person you won't have paired you will not have paired
3rd person he/she/it won't have paired he/she/it will not have paired
Plural
1st person we won't have paired we will not have paired
2nd person you won't have paired you will not have paired
3rd person they won't have paired they will not have paired
Question +'ll I have paired?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have paired? will I have paired?
2nd person +'ll you have paired? will you have paired?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have paired? will he/she/it have paired?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have paired? will we have paired?
2nd person +'ll you have paired? will you have paired?
3rd person +'ll they have paired? will they have paired?
Negative question won't I have paired?
Singular
1st person won't I have paired? will I not have paired?
2nd person won't you have paired? will you not have paired?
3rd person won't he/she/it have paired? will he/she/it not have paired?
Plural
1st person won't we have paired? will we not have paired?
2nd person won't you have paired? will you not have paired?
3rd person won't they have paired? will they not have paired?
Conditional perfect I'd have paired
Positive I'd have paired
Singular
1st person I'd have paired I would have paired
2nd person you'd have paired you would have paired
3rd person he/she/it'd have paired he/she/it would have paired
Plural
1st person we'd have paired we would have paired
2nd person you'd have paired you would have paired
3rd person they'd have paired they would have paired
Negative I wouldn't have paired
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have paired I would not have paired
2nd person you wouldn't have paired you would not have paired
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have paired he/she/it would not have paired
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have paired we would not have paired
2nd person you wouldn't have paired you would not have paired
3rd person they wouldn't have paired they would not have paired
Question would I have paired?
Singular
1st person would I have paired?
2nd person would you have paired?
3rd person would he/she/it have paired?
Plural
1st person would we have paired?
2nd person would you have paired?
3rd person would they have paired?
Negative question wouldn't I have paired?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have paired? would I not have paired?
2nd person wouldn't you have paired? would you not have paired?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have paired? would he/she/it not have paired?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have paired? would we not have paired?
2nd person wouldn't you have paired? would you not have paired?
3rd person wouldn't they have paired? would they not have paired?
Imperative pair!
Positive
you pair!
we let's pair!
Negative
you don't pair!
we let's not pair!
Examples pair examples
How do I use pair in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I cut the paper with a pair of scissors.
Although I had twice taken a pair of pills, my headache did not go away.
I bought a pair of leather shoes.
I'm wearing a pair of new shoes.
I've bought a new pair of sunglasses.
I bought a pair of shoes.
Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.
There is a pair of scissors on the desk.
Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of socks, and as essential to thousands of British school children as a pencil and eraser.
A pair of leather gloves is a must when you work with these machines.
I need a pair of scissors to cut this paper.
This pair of shoes doesn't fit me.
This pair of shoes is a size larger.
Whose is this pair of stockings?
This pair of trousers is just right for me.
I haven't bought a pair of shoes for six months; I deserve a new pair so I think I'll go buy them!
A pair of gloves was left in the taxi.
This pair of lovers were carrying on an ardent correspondence.
I found a pair of gloves under the chair.
A pair of canaries are her only friends.
I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
My new pair of shoes are made of leather.
I bought a pair of boots.
I must buy a pair of shoes.
I bought a pair of gloves.
I left my new pair of gloves in the library.
Movie subtitles
And just like Jesus, I'm growing a pair!
And you are the perfect height to pair with Phillip's friend, Daniel, who stopped growing after being a kid gymnast.
Oh, my gosh, Valencia, if you knew what went into having a pair of monsters like these, you would never think about getting them again.
Uh. Mr. J, you wouldn't happen to have a pair of binoculars, would you?
Nurse Crane needs fresh gas and air and an extra pair of hands at Mrs Antoine's.
But if we let her loose, Barbara will be coming down the aisle in a pair of curtains and a pelmet.
As in a pair of grooming scissors.
I distinctly recall seeing a pair of curved ones in your possession yesterday.
I'll buy you another pair.
Mr. Christopher denies ever owning a pair, and Mrs. Frizzel claims that she's buried hers.
Yesterday, you showed me a pair of scissors that were not unlike the ones used.
Did you procure a second pair to cover your tracks?
I dropped my pair somewhere in the arena and Roger was in desperate need of a little trim.
Would you like a pair of nail scissors for Christmas?
Would you wash a pair of socks for me?
Nothing but a pair of thieves.
Hey, I got pair of shoes.
But I gotta kill me a pair of skunks, back apiece on the road to Santa Fe.
Beautiful pair of shoulders.
Compared with them, we were a pair of sober sods.
Take a pair of rabbits who get stuck on each other and begin to woo, and pretty soon you find a million more rabbits who say I love you.
I haven't got a pair of pants to my name with a full set of buttons on them.
Oh, I wouldn't touch her with your best pair of rubber gloves!
And a pair of dark glasses?
Let me have a dressing gown and pyjamas and a pair of gloves.
My dear child, if you'd seen as many legs as I have. you'd get more excited about a pair of crutches.
Now to show you my heart's in the right place I'll give you my best pair of pyjamas.
What a pair of legs!
Alright. We know the murder weapon to be a curved pair of grooming scissors, and three of our suspects have been unable to produce theirs.
They're the best pair in the army!
That's a marvellous pair of boots.
I could use a couple of dresses and a pair of silk stockings right now.
Pair of fives.
News and current affairs
Policymakers should pair fiscal measures to ameliorate the jobs and investment deficits now with a multi-year plan to reduce the long-run fiscal deficit gradually.
In 1952, Alan Turing--best known for his work on computation and the mind--proposed a mathematical model consisting of a pair of equations describing the reaction and diffusion of two imaginary chemicals.
On the one hand, there's the safe pair of hands personified by Jean-Claude Juncker, the veteran prime minister of tiny Luxembourg, who knows the ins and outs of the EU's political machinery and chairs the euro zone's ministerial set-up.
An enduring memory from my own recent visit to its capital Chisinau is the election poster of a local politician called Lupu, who holds a pair of spectacles to his eyes, whether to suggest visions or wisdom isn't clear.
At the same time, Bernanke is inheriting a pair of economic vulnerabilities that are unusual by historical standards, and that did not precede the Great Depression of the 1930's.
There, Betsey has a pair of, um, endowments that mean that she's better at inputs.
Others have protested that the film shows Indians as conniving, unprincipled, and ruthless, and that the only compassionate people in the film are a pair of white tourists who give the protagonist some money.
Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti is a safe pair of hands for the country's fiscal policy, yet the government has been unable to revive economic growth.
It is an almost pagan sacrifice: in the farm's backyard the animal is held down by a pair of strong men, the pig squealing as much as it can.
Whichever man wins will face Bolivia's seemingly intractable pair of ills: social-exclusion and poverty.
It is hard to see why I am less entitled to privacy because I am turned on by a Nazi uniform than I would be if I were excited by a pair of knickers.
If guided by the spirit of multilateralism, the Franco-German pair pulls Europe together.
Genetically modified mice either lack a specific gene or gene-pair (knock-out mice) or carry a piece of foreign DNA integrated into their own chromosomes (transgenic mice), and are used to deduce the functions of particular genes.
The basic discovery of BCS was that if the electrons pair up, those couples could indeed superconduct.
How can one pair electrons without ions holding them together, thereby enabling higher-temperature superconductors?
In the case of Argentina, a pair of massive IMF loans in 2000 and 2001 ultimately only delayed the inevitable harsh adjustment, and made the country's ultimate default even more traumatic.
It wants to pair the PPP with the discredited PML-Q and isolate the PML-N.
Indonesia recently witnessed a pair of dramatic releases: one a radical Muslim cleric from prison, the other a saucy men's magazine from its editors.
Instead, almost miraculously, we got an absolutely first-rate economist, a safe pair of hands to guide the global economy.
In terms of countries, the obvious new pair comprises the US, the world's largest debtor, and China, its greatest saver.
More importantly, with the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was no longer available as an Indian ally, and the US began to assess India and Pakistan in terms of separate interests, rather than as a pair linked in a South Asia balance of power.
It is an almost pagan sacrifice: in the farm's backyard the animal is held down by a pair of strong men, the pig squealing as much as it can. Suddenly, a third man cuts the pig's throat, a fountain of blood sprinkling everyone.