pairs

NOUN

two of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

combination couple duo match team two

STRONG

brace combine combo deuce doublet duality dyad mates span twins twosome yoke

WEAK

two of a kind

Antonyms

WEAK

one single

VERB

make, become a twosome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

combine marry mate

STRONG

balance bracket couple join match team twin unite wed yoke

WEAK

match up pair off pair up put together

Antonyms

STRONG

disconnect disjoin divide separate

WEAK

sever

Example Sentences

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That discovery led researchers to ask an intriguing question: could sunlight itself be used to generate correlated photon pairs?

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Despite the decrease in breeding pairs in 2025, California continues to see positive signs for wolf population growth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Instead of relying on older DNA microarray methods, the team used whole-genome sequencing, which reads nearly all three billion DNA base pairs in a person's genome.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Yet some of the biggest technology companies in the world are poised to sell many millions of pairs in the coming years.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Following along behind us were the choir schoolchildren, in pairs, a sack on every back, and as silent as we were, Mutti walking with them.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo