Two people doing something together

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There are words like "meeting", "gathering" or "get-together" that describe some people coming together for a certain time, for doing certain things together.

Those words may or may not imply that the people getting together are a group (i.e. 3 or more people) -- a meeting can be between two people, but I'd assume that a gathering is typically understood to mean a whole group of people.

Either case, is there any expression or preferebly a single word which indicates that it's exactly two people getting together for some activity?

Words that are typically used for an appointment between two people -- like date or rendezvous -- usually have a romantic connotation. I'm basically looking for a more neutral equivalent.

anemone · Answer

Tête–à–tête is sometimes used for a meeting of two people. It connotes privacy (i.e., the conversation thereat is intended to be private).

BiscuitBoy · Answer

In IT, pair programming is a common term. It indicates two people sitting down in front of a computer, where one writes code and the other tries to find any possible mistakes as each line is written.

So you can consider "pair up".

to form a pair, or to make two people form a pair

[Macmillan Dicitonary]

Usage:

Alice and Bob paired up and went to see the new Star Wars Movie

user140086 · Answer

You could consider using twosome which means:

A pair of people considered together.

When you play golf with just one partner, it is called twosome golf.

[Oxford Online Dictionary]

Willywilson · Answer

If the meaning is two people doing something together with the purpose of producing a result, this would be "collaborating".

Balaz2ta · Answer

I feel like the simplest answer is partnering. While it can be used to include more than 2 people, it is generally understood to be between two people unless in a business context.

Partner:
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/partnering
Example: Joe and Harriet are partnering to solve global warming.

Xanne · Answer

A meeting or a get-together are really the only ones that don’t suggest a social date. They need not imply more than teo people. “Let's meet/get together Thursday between classes to talk about the project” is one way to make the arrangements. It should be at a neutral place—office, coffee shop, outdoors—not his place or yours—to separate it from the social/romantic.

Answered by Xanne on July 24, 2021

Two people doing something together

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