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pairings

pairings is the plural of pairing.

Meaning of pairing

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

Phrases with pairings

Questions about pairings

What is pairings the plural of?
Pairings is the plural of pairing.

Words near pairings in the dictionary

  1. pairing functions
  2. pairing off
  3. pairing time
  4. pairing times
  5. pairing up
  6. pairings
  7. pairle
  8. pairles
  9. pairs
  10. pairs and shares
  11. pairs of binoculars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pairings (page history and authors); pairing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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