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twice
[ twahys ]
adverb
- two times, as in succession:
Write twice a week.
- on two occasions; in two instances:
I phoned him twice.
- in twofold quantity or degree; in double the amount or degree:
twice as much.
twice
/ twaɪs /
adverb
- two times; on two occasions or in two cases
he coughed twice
- double in degree or quantity
twice as long
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of twice1
Idioms and Phrases
see cheap at twice the price ; lightning never strikes twice ; once bitten, twice shy ; think twice .Example Sentences
An Audi E-Tron, along for the drive and plugged in alongside, got 13 kWh in 13 minutes, so it was charging twice as fast as the Mustang in the freezing weather.
Adams shows up at the Starbucks location most days of the week, and “sometimes, he will come twice a day,” Oukchir said.
These slices can run twice the size of a normal, square slice of wheat.
Within an hour, my parents’ retirement home called twice to discuss my father’s health.
According to the Oldsmar police, the intrusion took place on Friday, February 5th, and hackers were able to gain remote access to a computer in the plant at least twice.
“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.
The cops gave chase and the gunman fired the big revolver twice more.
He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
And with regular clients that see him at least twice a month, relationships inevitably form.
He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
Twice a year the formal invitation was sent out by the old nobleman to his only son, and to his two nephews.
Afterwards we saw you once or twice at tea at the Ritz, and you took off your hat, so you must have remembered then.
Our class has swelled to about a dozen persons now, and a good many others come and play to him once or twice and then go.
One old aunt in particular visited him twice a year, and stayed six months each time.
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