pair
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4.8
- noun
- /pɛr/
- Jargon
- And you just lost to a pair of fives.
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Watch on YouTubeSo I know that every pair of cards that you might have is equally likely.
- So I know that every pair of cards that you might have is equally likely.
Examples
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So I know that every pair of cards that you might have is equally likely.
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It's just a pair of sixes.
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Sometimes nobody had a pair, and the highest card won all the money.
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I know he's got a pair of kings.
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Three sevens And a pair of fours.
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I've got a pair of nines, a pair of threes.
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Jack-eight, pair of sevens.
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In the final round, he won the hand with a pair of jacks.
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During the game, she revealed her hand, which contained a pair of sevens.
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The player showed his cards and proudly announced he had a pair of aces.
Idioms
Compounds
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1.1
Clothes that cover your lower body from the waist to the ankles with separate legs
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1.0
A single piece of clothing that you wear under other clothes, usually underpants
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5.8
A young person from another country who lives with a family and helps look after children for room and food
- Specialized
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3.9
Two matching chemical parts in DNA or RNA that join the two strands, for example adenine with thymine
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2.5
A hand tool with two joined arms and toothed jaws used to hold, bend, or cut things
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2.2
A tool with two long handles joined at one end for holding and lifting hot or delicate things
- Archaic
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6.3
A young woman who lives with a family and cares for children while getting room, food and a small payment
- Specialized
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9.6
A very energetic light particle changes into an electron and a positron near a nucleus
- Specialized
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9.9
A process where a high-energy photon turns into an electron and a positron near an atomic nucleus
- Specialized
When a high energy light particle turns into an electron and a positron near an atomic nucleus
- Archaic
A rectangular instrument without legs with keys like a harpsichord, often played by women in the 1500s and 1600s
Surface Forms
Etymology
In poker a pair is two cards of the same value, and this idea comes from the Latin par, 'equal'. So a poker pair is easy to remember as two 'equal' cards.