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two

  [too] ,
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–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.
4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with two pips.
–adjective
5. amounting to two in number.
—Idioms
6. in two, into two separate parts, as halves: A bolt of lightning split the tree in two.
7. put two and two together, to draw a correct conclusion from the given circumstances; infer: It didn't require a great mind to put two and two together.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE twā (fem. and neut.; cf. twain ); c. G zwei; cf. L duo, Gk dýo
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two   (tōō)   
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to the sum of 1 + 1.
  2. The second in a set or sequence.
  3. Something having two parts, units, or members, especially a playing card, the face of a die, or a domino with two pips.
  4. A two-dollar bill.

[Middle English, from Old English twā; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
two adj. & pron.
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Two

Two\ (t[=oo]), a. [OE. two, twa, properly fem. & neut., twei, twein, tweien, properly masc. (whence E. twain), AS. tw[=a], fem. & neut., tw[=e]gen, masc., t[=u], neut.; akin to OFries. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem. & neut., OS. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem., tw[=e], neut., D. twee, OHG. zw[=e]ne, zw[=o], zwei, G. zwei, Icel. tveir, tv[ae]r, tvau, Sw. tv[*a], Dan. to, Goth. twai, tw[=o]s, twa; Lith. du, Russ. dva, Ir. & Gael. da, W. dau, dwy, L. duo, Gr. dy`o, Skr. dva. [root]300. Cf. Balance, Barouche, Between, Bi-, Combine, Deuce two in cards, Double, Doubt, Dozen, Dual, Duet, Dyad, Twain, Twelve, Twenty, Twice, Twilight, Twig, Twine, n., Twist.] One and one; twice one. "Two great lights." --Gen. i. 16. "Two black clouds." --Milton.

Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed, two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand, two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two-leaved, two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part, two-petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided, two-story, two-stringed, two-foothed, two-valved, two-winged, and the like.

One or two, a phrase often used indefinitely for a small number.

Two

Two\, n. 1. The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.

2. A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.

In two, asunder; into parts; in halves; in twain; as, cut in two.
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Language Translation for : two
Spanish: dos,
German: die Zwei,
Japanese: ２
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two 
O.E. twa, fem. and neut. form of twegen "two" (see twain), from P.Gmc. *twai (cf. O.S., O.Fris. twene, twa, O.N. tveir, tvau, Du. twee, O.H.G. zwene, zwo, Ger. zwei, Goth. twai), from PIE *duwo (cf. Skt. dvau, Avestan dva, Gk. duo, L. duo, O.Welsh dou, Lith. dvi, O.C.S. duva, first element in Hittite ta-ugash "two years old"). Twofold is O.E. tweofeald. Dance style two-step is recorded from 1900. Twofer is first recorded 1911 (originally in ref. to cigars), from two for (a dollar, etc.). Two-faced "deceitful" first recorded 1619. Two cheers for _____, expressing qualified enthusiasm first recorded 1951 in E.M. Forster's title "Two Cheers for Democracy." Two-dimensional is recorded from 1883; fig. sense of "lacking substance or depth" is attested from 1934.
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two

In addition to the idioms beginning with two, also see fall between the crack (two stools); for two cents; game that two can play; goody-two-shoes; in two shakes; it takes two; kill two birds with one stone; know all the answers (a thing or two); lesser of two evils; like as two peas in a pod; no two ways about it; of two minds; put two and two together; that makes two of us; thing or two; wear two hats.

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