/peə/
Translation
Two things of the same kind that go together, or one thing with two parts.
Word origin
From Latin paria, meaning equal things, through Old French paire.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- paria
Grammar
Examples
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"Pair" means two things of the same kind that go together.
scissors.
Here "pair" means one thing that has two parts.
drawer.
"Pairs" is the plural, meaning more than one pair.
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Grammar articles
(18)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
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Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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