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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024two /tu/USA pronunciation n., pl. twos, adj. n. [countable] - a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- a symbol for this number, as 2 or II.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to two in number.
Idioms- Idioms in two, into two separate parts, as halves:The cake was cut in two.
- Idioms put two and two together, to reach the correct and obvious conclusion:Putting two and two together, they came up with the murderer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024two (to̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- a symbol for this number, as 2 or II.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Gamesa playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with two pips.
- in 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.
adj. - amounting to two in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English twā (feminine and neuter; compare twain); cognate with German zwei; compare Latin duo, Greek dýo
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: two /tuː/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one. It is a prime number
- a numeral, 2, II, (ii), etc, representing this number
- 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
- 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
determiner - amounting to two: two nails
- (as pronoun): he bought two
Related adjective(s): binary, double, dual Etymology: Old English twā (feminine); related to Old High German zwā, Old Norse tvau, Latin, Greek duo |