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noun a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
a symbol for this number, as 2 or II.
a set of this many persons or things.
a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with two pips.
adjective amounting to two in number.
Idioms for twoin two , into two separate parts, as halves: A bolt of lightning split the tree in two.
put two and two together , to draw a correct conclusion from the given circumstances; infer: It didn't require a great mind to put two and two together.
Origin of two before 900; Middle English; Old English twā (feminine and neuter; cf. twain); cognate with German zwei; compare Latin duo, Greek dýo
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH two to, too, two Words nearby two twitten, twitter, twitterpated, twittery, 'twixt, two , two-a-cat, Two-and-a-half International, two-bagger, two-base hit, two-beat
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Example sentences from the Web for two Interesting that those who sat in judgment of him found those two sets of beliefs to be incompatible.
In Defense of Blasphemy | Michael Tomasky| January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie | Arthur Chu| January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker| January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie | Arthur Chu| January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
France 24's coverage of two developing hostage situations in Paris on Friday.
LIVE Coverage of the Paris Terror Attacks | | January 9, 2015| DAILY BEAST
There were numerous sheepfolds and two cattle pens, but the rest of the country round was quite open.
Taking Tales | W.H.G. Kingston
Two days afterwards, on the 9th of September, I arrived with the commissary at Milan.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio Pellico
The servant followed with the two cases and the bag, and laid them upon the table, then placed himself at the door.
Frederick The Great and His Family | L. Muhlbach
The women and children were being hurried to the ships, and two ladies were hastening past my friend.
The Angel and the Author - and Others | Jerome K. Jerome
The board a has for its base a heavy block of wood b, upon which two upright pins e e, are fixed.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
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British Dictionary definitions for two noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one. It is a prime number See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 2, II, (ii), etc, representing this number
music the numeral 2 used as the lower figure in a time signature, indicating that the beat is measured in minims
something representing, represented by, or consisting of two units, such as a playing card with two symbols on it
Also called: two o'clock two hours after noon or midnight
in two in or into two parts break the bread in two
put two and two together to make an inference from available evidence, esp an obvious inference
that makes two of us the same applies to me
SEE MORE SEE LESS determiner amounting to two two nails (as pronoun ) he bought two
Other words from two Related adjectives: binary, double, dual Related prefixes: di-, bi- Word Origin for two Old English twā (feminine); related to Old High German zwā, Old Norse tvau, Latin, Greek duo
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Idioms and Phrases with two In addition to the idioms beginning with two
two bits two can play at that game two cents two left feet, have two of a kind two shakes of a lamb's tail two strikes against two strings to one's bow two ways about it two wrongs do not make a right also see:
fall between the crack (two stools) for two cents game that two can play goody-two-shoes in two shakes it takes two kill two birds with one stone know all the answers (a thing or two) lesser of two evils like as two peas in a pod no two ways about it of two minds put two and two together that makes two of us thing or two wear two hats SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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Words related to two pair, double, couple, team, binary, amphibian, diploid, span, duplicity, dichotomy, twin, duet, brace, duality, bifurcation, twain, twins, dos, deuce, dyad