"pairing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pairings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pairing (countable and uncountable, plural pairings)
  1. The combination or union of two things. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pairing-en-noun-H2zllkjx
  2. (politics) An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-pairing-en-noun-~yc5a~3z Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accepted pairing, assortative pairing, axiom of pairing, pairing energy, pairing function, pairing off, pairing time

Verb [English]

Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pairing
  1. present participle and gerund of pair Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pair
    Sense id: en-pairing-en-verb-RLVJfB5L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 22 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 26 69

Inflected forms

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