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[ twahys ] / twaɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR twice ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbtwo 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. Origin of twicebefore 1150; Middle English twies, equivalent to twie twice (Old English twige, cognate with Old Frisian twīa,Old Saxon tuuīo;see twi-) + -s-s1 Words nearby twice'twere, twerk, twerp, Twi, twibill, twice, twice-born, twice-laid, twicer, twice-told, Twickenham Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twiceAnd with regular clients that see him at least twice a month, relationships inevitably form. Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way. Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST I tried this twice and both drivers gave me an incredulous look before driving off. The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Twice he has been cleared of wrongdoing—first by a military tribunal and then the Afghan courts. Special Forces’ $77M ‘Hustler’ Hits Back|Kevin Maurer|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for twice
adverbtwo times; on two occasions or in two caseshe coughed twice double in degree or quantitytwice as long Word Origin for twiceOld English twiwa; related to Old Norse tvisvar, Middle Low German twiges 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 Idioms and Phrases with twice
see cheap at twice the price; lightning never strikes twice; once bitten, twice shy; think twice. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to twicedouble, doubly, twofold, once over, over again |