pairing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
• Homophone: paring

Noun

pairing (countable and uncountable, plural pairings)

1. The combination or union of two things.

   The seeds were adjusted to make sure that there were good pairings for the tennis tournament.

2. (politics) An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves.

Derived terms

• accepted pairing
• assortative pairing
• axiom of pairing
• crack pairing
• pairing energy
• pairing function
• pairing off
• pairing time

 

Verb

pairing

1. present participle and gerund of pair