## Meanings
1. Two things that match and are used together.
2. A single object made of two joined parts, like scissors or trousers.
3. Two people who are together as partners or friends.
4. To put two things or people together as a set.

## Examples
- I bought a new pair of shoes yesterday.
- I need a sharp pair of scissors to cut this paper.
- The two dancers made a wonderful pair.
- The teacher paired each student with a partner for the project.

## Synonyms
- brace
- couple
- duo
- duplet
- dyad
- twosome

## Derived Forms
- contrapair
- dispair
- eigenpair
- extrapair
- interpair
- intrapair
- keypair
- multipair
- orthopair
- overpair
- pair-horse
- pairbreaking

## Related Forms
- couple
- parity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paire
- Root: paria

## 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”)

## AI Etymology
Pair comes 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”). Modern senses include two things that match and are used together and a single object made of two joined parts, like scissors or trousers. The wider word family includes derivatives such as contrapair, dispair, eigenpair, extrapair, interpair, and intrapair and related forms such as couple and parity.

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