Definition of 'two'
Word forms: plural twos
2.
3.
5. two a penny
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two in British English
noun
1. See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 2, II, (ii), etc, representing this number
3. music
4.
6. See in two
7. See put two and two together
8. See that makes two of us
determiner
▶ Related adjectives: , , ▶ Related prefixes: , binary, double, dual, di-, bi-Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin
Old English twā (feminine); related to Old High German zwā, Old Norse tvau, Latin, Greek duoWord Frequency
two in American English
adjective
1.
totaling one more than one
noun
2.
the cardinal number between one and three; 2; II
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Word origin
ME two, tu < OE twa, fem. & neut., tu, neut., akin to Ger zwei < IE base *dwōu-, two > L duo, two, Gr duo, Sans dvauWord Frequency
two in American English
(tuː)
noun
1.
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1
2.
a symbol for this number, as 2 or II
3.
a set of this many persons or things
5. See in two
6. See put two and two together
adjective
7.
amounting to two in number
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[bef. 900; ME; OE twā (fem. and neut.; cf. twain); c. G zwei; cf. L duo, Gk dýo]Examples of 'two' in a sentence
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two
- American English: two /ˈtu/
- Arabic: اِثْنان
- Brazilian Portuguese: dois
- Chinese: 二
- Croatian: dva
- Czech: dvě
- Danish: to
- Dutch: twee
- European Spanish: dos
- Finnish: kaksi
- French: deux
- German: zwei
- Greek: δύο
- Italian: due
- Japanese: 二
- Korean: 2
- Norwegian: to
- Polish: dwa
- European Portuguese: dois
- Romanian: doi
- Russian: два
- Latin American Spanish: dos
- Swedish: två
- Thai: สอง
- Turkish: iki
- Ukrainian: два
- Vietnamese: hai
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