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paired

/pɛəd/ UK
/pɛɹd/ US
/peːd/ Australia
/peəd/ New Zealand
/piəd/
/peɹd/ Scotland
/pɜː(ɹ)d/

Sounds like pared, peered (cheer–chair merger), purred (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d

adjective

That occurs as a pair.
Similar: conjugate

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of pair

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: matched, mated, opposite, attached, bound, combined, complemented, connected, coupled, docked, engaged, linked, locked, mapped, married, melded

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@misc{paired_2026,
  title = {paired},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paired},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}