pairing
pairing
Definition
pair·ing (per′iŋ)
noun
- the act of grouping contestants or teams in a tournament into competing pairs
- the list of such pairs
pairing
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- item: In Experiment 6, recombining the pairings of items all from within the domain of object pictures did not significantly reduce repetition priming.
Converse of object
- have: Better still, over 100 other civil servants involved in schools below him have similar pairings.
- select: Selecting control loop pairings is not always clear cut.
- create: Everyone who attends has there name put into a hat and then are drawn out at random to create pairings.
- follow: It been agreed that all new courses should follow the pairings of teaching days from this date.
- make: Dr. Margaret Young has made many experimental pairings, producing some birds of, in her words, " stunning color schemes " .
- double: The singles order and doubles pairings were exchanged by the team Captains on Wednesday afternoon.
Preposition: for
- round: National Club U160: the detail's filled in, along with pairings for the next round.
Adjective modifier
- possible: The black lines show the projection into a 2D view of 3D lines reconstructed from all possible 2D pairings.
- such: Neural motion detectors do appear to use a strategy based on such space-time pairings to encode image motion.
- same: The best and happiest combination is male and female for adult introductions, although if young enough, same sex pairings are possible.
- many: Dr. Margaret Young has made many experimental pairings, producing some birds of, in her words, " stunning color schemes " .
- good: Then read Susy Atkins's definitive guide to the best pairings of the summer.
- other: The dominant and recessive alleles may not be so in other pairings.
Noun used with modifier
- lifetime: Many great artists got together and performed some classic Roadrunner tunes with once in a lifetime dream pairings.
- dream: Many great artists got together and performed some classic Roadrunner tunes with once in a lifetime dream pairings.
- wine: The list is accessibly laid out by grape & the food & wine pairings are interesting & successful.
- food: Equally popular in sweet as well as savory dishes, food pairings include matching mint with chocolate, apples and citrus fruits.
- driver: Both were of 50 minutes ' duration, one for solo drivers and the other for nominated driver pairings.
- semi-final: Quarter-final results and semi-final pairings Our BCF Council papers ( Finance meeting, 24th April in Bristol ) arrived a few days ago.
