Twice Definition

twīs
adverb
On two occasions or in two instances.
Webster's New World

Two times.

Wiktionary
In doubled degree or amount.
Twice as many.
American Heritage
Two times as much or as many; twofold; doubly.
Webster's New World

(nonstandard, proscribed) Half, used in phrases like twice as less (meaning "half as much").

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Origin of Twice

  • Middle English from Old English twiga dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From twi- meaning two or both.

    From Wiktionary

Twice Sentence Examples

  • We go through this at least twice a year.

  • He hadn't thought twice about Toni's message that he'd delivered the package from the stash house to his condo until he walked in and discovered the vamp he expected was a woman.

  • It was almost twice the size of hers.

  • He'd drawn up on her twice since she arrived.

  • We don't know when it happened so we tried twice to hit the time and struck out and called it quits.

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Words Starting With

TTWTWI

Words Ending With

ECEICE

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