See pair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"form": "pair",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
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]
}
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has many pairs of shoes, but she only has one pair of pants."
},
{
"text": "Those two make a lovely pair, don't they."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A pair is two things that go together."
],
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]
}
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛə(r)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "pâr",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛr/",
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"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"pare",
"pear"
]
}
],
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}
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},
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]
},
{
"form": "paired",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "paired",
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"past",
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]
},
{
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]
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Young women were often paired with older men."
},
{
"text": "They paired up at the dance."
}
],
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"If you pair two people or things, you put them together."
],
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"often passive"
]
}
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"UK"
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},
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "pâr",
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"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛr/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"US"
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},
{
"audio": "en-au-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"pare",
"pear"
]
}
],
"word": "pair"
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{
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"tags": [
"singular"
]
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{
"text": "She has many pairs of shoes, but she only has one pair of pants."
},
{
"text": "Those two make a lovely pair, don't they."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A pair is two things that go together."
],
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}
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"enpr": "pâr",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛə(r)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "pâr",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛr/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
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}
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"form": "paired",
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"past"
]
},
{
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"past",
"participle"
]
},
{
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"present",
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{
"text": "Young women were often paired with older men."
},
{
"text": "They paired up at the dance."
}
],
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],
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]
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"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛə(r)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "pâr",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɛr/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-pair.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"pare",
"pear"
]
}
],
"word": "pair"
}
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