Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pair
Participle: paired
Gerund: pairing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pair |
| you | pair |
| he;she;it | pairs |
| we | pair |
| you | pair |
| they | pair |
Perfect
| I | have paired |
| you | have paired |
| he;she;it | has paired |
| we | have paired |
| you | have paired |
| they | have paired |
Past
| I | paired |
| you | paired |
| he;she;it | paired |
| we | paired |
| you | paired |
| they | paired |
Pluperfect
| I | had paired |
| you | had paired |
| he;she;it | had paired |
| we | had paired |
| you | had paired |
| they | had paired |
Future
| I | will pair |
| you | will pair |
| he;she;it | will pair |
| we | will pair |
| you | will pair |
| they | will pair |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paired |
| you | will have paired |
| he;she;it | will have paired |
| we | will have paired |
| you | will have paired |
| they | will have paired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pair |
| you | pair |
| he;she;it | pair |
| we | pair |
| you | pair |
| they | pair |
Perfect
| I | have paired |
| you | have paired |
| he;she;it | have paired |
| we | have paired |
| you | have paired |
| they | have paired |
Imperfect
| I | paired |
| you | paired |
| he;she;it | paired |
| we | paired |
| you | paired |
| they | paired |
Pluperfect
| I | had paired |
| you | had paired |
| he;she;it | had paired |
| we | had paired |
| you | had paired |
| they | had paired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pair |
| you | would pair |
| he;she;it | would pair |
| we | would pair |
| you | would pair |
| they | would pair |
Perfect
| I | would have paired |
| you | would have paired |
| he;she;it | would have paired |
| we | would have paired |
| you | would have paired |
| they | would have paired |
Imperative
| you | pair |
| we | Let's pair |
| you | pair |
Verbs conjugated like 'pair'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pair'
air,
apair,
cair,
fair,
lair,
pain,
par,
wair,
aid,
aik,
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adjective). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian pear (“pair”), Dutch paar (“pair”), German Paar (“pair”), Italian paio (“pair”)
Sample Sentences
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The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
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Brown as I am, an Ethiopian dame / Inspired young Perseus with a gen’rous flame; / Turtles and doves of diff’ring hues unite, / And glossy jet is paired with shining white. [a. 1744, Alexander Pope, “Sappho to Phaon”, in John Wilson Croker, editor, The Works of Alexander Pope, new edition, volume I, J. Murray, published 1871, pages 94–95:]
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It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch.
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If your computer has a built-in, non-Microsoft transceiver, you can pair the device directly to the computer by using your computer’s Bluetooth software configuration program but without using the Microsoft Bluetooth transceiver. [2015, Microsoft, “How-to: Keyboards”, in http://www.microsoft.com, retrieved 21 Feb 2015:]
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The raven, in short, when he pairs, which he does at the earliest moment permitted by the laws of ravendom, pairs for life […] [1883, Alexander Stewart, Nether Lochaber, page 112:]
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My Heart was made to fit and pair with thine, / Simple and plain, and fraught with artleſs Tenderneſs; / Form’d to receive one Love, and only one, / But pleas’d and proud, and dearly fond of that, / It knows not what there can be in Variety, / And would not if it could. [1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert, 2nd edition, Jacob Tonson, published 1714, page 46:]