twice

UK /twaɪs/ US /twaɪs/

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Definitions

adv

Two times.

You should brush your teeth twice a day.

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. (1947, Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1)

Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.

Thus it appears that if the machine is turning twice as slow as before, there is more than twice the former quantity in the rising buckets; and more will be raised in a minute by the same expenditure of power.

You can't get anything thinner than a spring shad, unless you take a couple of them, when, of course, they will be twice as thin.

Collocations

ADJ.

large, live, long, many, over, same, same

She visited her grandmother twice a week for many years.

VERB + TWICE

brush, caught, costs, gone, held, issued, meeting, meets

I brush my teeth twice a day to keep them healthy.

TWICE + NOUN

day, days, month, person, row, week

I go to the gym twice a week to stay fit and healthy.

PREP.

about, about, in, than

She earns twice as much money as her brother does.

ADV.

nearly, often

I've been to that restaurant nearly twice a month for the last year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — to double the degree

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

once or twice

A small, indefinite number of times.

Have you changed a tyre before? — Yes, once or twice.

think twice

To reconsider, use judgement; to proceed with caution or thought.

Think twice before you go, since it could be dangerous.

once bitten, twice shy

One is cautious if one has been hurt in the past.

a stopped clock is right twice a day

A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.

measure twice and cut once

One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.

Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."

Example Bank

You should brush your teeth twice a day.

Wiktionary

I've done with my tirade. The world was gone; / The twice two thousand, for whom earth was made, / Were vanish'd to be what they call alone

Wiktionary

Yes! I won twice in a row!

Tatoeba · #2128

Your room is twice the size of mine.

Tatoeba · #16915

Your income is about twice as large as mine.

Tatoeba · #17067

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