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twice
CEFRA1
/twaɪs/
adverb
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In plain English
- 01
adverb
Two times, or on two separate occasions.
- 02
adverb
Extra detailDoubled in quantity, intensity, or degree.
Examples
The ball bounced twice before he could reach it.
Yes! I won twice in a row!
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [tw̥aɪs]
Deep Dive
adverb
Extra meaningTwo times.
More examples
In contextYour room is twice the size of mine.
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 of...
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Origin
adverb
From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twiȝes, from Old English twīġes (“twice”), from twīwa, twīġa ("twice"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”)) + -es (adverbial genitive ending). Related to Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”), Middle Low German twiges, twies (“twice”), Middle High German zwies (“twice”). Equivalent to twi- (“(in) two; both”) + -ce. Similarly constructed to the prefixes bis- and dis-, borrowed from Indo-European cognates.