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twice
[ twahys ]
adverb
- two 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.
twice
/ ٷɲɪ /
adverb
- two times; on two occasions or in two cases
he coughed twice
- double in degree or quantity
twice as long
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of twice1
Idioms and Phrases
see cheap at twice the price ; lightning never strikes twice ; once bitten, twice shy ; think twice .Example Sentences
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.
Trump is already the only president to be impeached twice, and neither attempt led to a successful removal from the Oval Office.
He told the court he had twice tried to commit suicide and had been diagnosed with complex PTSD.
Trump would not have otherwise been elected twice.
"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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