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twice

[ twahys ]

adverb

  1. two times, as in succession:

    Write twice a week.

  2. on two occasions; in two instances:

    I phoned him twice.

  3. in twofold quantity or degree; in double the amount or degree:

    twice as much.



twice

/ twaɪs /

adverb

  1. two times; on two occasions or in two cases

    he coughed twice

  2. double in degree or quantity

    twice as long

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of twice1

before 1150; Middle English twies, equivalent to twie twice ( Old English twige, cognate with Old Frisian twīa, Old Saxon tuuīo; twi- ) + -s -s 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of twice1

Old English twiwa ; related to Old Norse tvisvar , Middle Low German twiges
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Example Sentences

“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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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