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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

/ ٷɲɪ /

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 ٷī, Old Saxon ٳܳī; 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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The prosecutor said Charron stabbed Sardinha twice in the chest, nearly sliced her nose off, and stabbed her in the head so hard it bent a pronged tomato knife he was using.

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Trump is already the only president to be impeached twice, and neither attempt led to a successful removal from the Oval Office.

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He told the court he had twice tried to commit suicide and had been diagnosed with complex PTSD.

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Trump would not have otherwise been elected twice.

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"It's time to build twice as many homes every year with an entirely new housing industry using Canadian technology, Canadian skilled workers, Canadian lumber," Carney told supporters.

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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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