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noun

a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.

a symbol for this number, as 2 or II.

a set of this many persons or things.

a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with two pips.

adjective

amounting to two in number.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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Idioms

in two, into two separate parts, as halves: A bolt of lightning split the tree in two.

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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English twā (feminine and neuter; compare twain); cognate with German zwei; compare Latin duo, Greek dýo

Can be confused: to, too, two.

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In a video taken from another direction, two officers can be seen dousing protesters with pepper spray at the same time.

I'll offer two solutions, one modest but ingenious, the other much more radical.

Yet the city is now hosting a splendid exhibition that reaffirms the important link between the two.

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In a video taken from another direction, two officers can be seen dousing protesters with pepper spray at the same time.

I'll offer two solutions, one modest but ingenious, the other much more radical.

Yet the city is now hosting a splendid exhibition that reaffirms the important link between the two.

The planet orbits inside a disk of material around the star that's no more than two million years old.

The image above is of two fancy pet rats, not guinea pigs.

Two funerals, two days apart, two grandfathers of my two sons.

Repeat on remaining two sides, then staple all around the edges, pulling cloth tight.

Sprint wants you to believe that two screens are better than one.

They have two options, either of which would involve radically re-engineering their business model, as they might put it.

Behind bars, there are two sets of rules: prison protocol and convict code.

Scientists have spotted the wreckage from a spectacular collision between two planets deep in space.

The burial hinted at an emotional bond between two people.

To create two-tone pops, make two different recipes and use twice as many molds.

In a weird feat of biotechnological virtuosity, scientists have engineered mice with genes from two dads, and none from a mom.

Under its terms, they are barred from dabbling in diamonds for two years.

In the beginning, one cell becomes two, and two become four.

Next, the team put the superconducting circuit into a superposition of two states, one with a current and the other one without.

Mice that are color-matched to their surroundings have a survival advantage over mismatched mice in each of the two habitats.

While the highest peaks may be for experts only, two good guide services offer beginners' outings as well.

The phrase to the left can be read two ways: right side up and upside down.

Almost two months on, the situation is much more stable.

The universe's largest known galaxies are giant elliptical galaxies, which may be as much as two million light-years long.

Compromise could take gray wolves off the endangered species list in two states.

Then two tribesmen slip into a pirogue and start paddling toward us.

The laid-back hideout has eight ocean-view thatched-roof bungalows and two suites.

Extending an experiment at the foundation of quantum physics confirms that two is company and three is a crowd.

Two former party leaders and a few backbenchers say they cannot support the proposals.

Strong marriage is regarded as the union of two families, not two individuals.

It's not the cold, but the rain that has been a problem for two seasons.

The world's smallest sea turtles, they grow about two feet long.

Depending on how long you want to linger, you can travel it in a fast week or a more relaxing two.

As recently as two decades ago, the panda's future looked bleak.

If you read this book, you'll see how little cosmology has progressed over the past two decades.

The pair would continue their infant cannibalism for two years.

Two influences shaped his career, and they could not be more dissimilar.

The machines with two seats and one pair of wheels have often conjured thoughts of.

As a married couple, our quest to find two faculty positions in the same department has seemed to many readers to be a pipe.

Then they will compare two ancient cities from these.

Insights into the nuances of depth perception provided by our two eyes' slightly different views of the world.

Inside, the crew would suit up-a process that took about two hours-to explore the lunar surface.

One mom, two teen daughters, and three manicures equals vacation happiness.

But times they are a-changin' as two rivals enter the scene boasting insane.

Consumers could be helped immeasurably if the entire lexicon of wine descriptors were boiled down to two words: sweet or savory.

He did all the requirements for each one, wrote two dissertations, and.

Now you have a model of two hills with a valley between them.

Lunging faster than their bulk should allow, the two testosterone-crazed males tear at each other with sharp canine teeth.

Fix a festive menu with two types of tacos, a citrusy salad, and creamy cake.

West could have bid two no-trump, a constructive overcall in any.

The two year nurses have only a rudimentary notion of chemistry and biology for that matter.

Bruhn may have been a bit apprehensive as he sized up the two artists.

Sometimes a burger feels naked without a slice or two of nice, crispy bacon.

Scientists' views on the merits and drawbacks of two degrees as a danger zone for warming.

The gigantic manta ray is actually two distinct species with different behaviors and habitats, new research shows.

Two groups of physicists have managed to shift the quantum entanglement.

Even more remarkably, for two decades they were unaware this arresting glimpse into their lives even existed.

Two square cabinets on casters, tucked underneath provide storage.

Combined, officers in the two cities have handed out nearly.

But the two sides aren't far apart when it comes to student aid:.

Tiger cubs remain with their mothers for two to three years before dispersing to find their own.

My reason for asking is because of the problems that are encountered when comparing results from two different instruments.

For seven days, as the two presidential candidates maneuvered and schemed, the fate of the young republic hung in the ballots.

Using the table saw, rip the remaining two boards in half lengthwise.

Well, here are two more books that are sure to please any kids who have.

They nominally each have a half-position, so the two add up to one.

The world has gotten stormier over the past two decades-but the reason is a mystery, a new study says.

Two animals lived on a rotating disc over a pool of water, separated by a fixed wall.

The two eyed each other for a summit bid and nailed the historic first ascent.

Start with a simple yellow chrysanthemum and cross it with two or three other.

It comes in two parts: the dock, which stays put on your nightstand,.

Two papers today were copied verbatim, paragraph by paragraph, from their research materials.

Two partial skulls and the fragment of a tibia had previously been discovered in the area.

One contained two seashells, seven marbles and a tin toy-a child's long-lost treasures.

The cable network is streaming the first episodes of two of its hit shows free online:.

Nearly every piece of gear, including the two inflatable kayaks, had been bitten or torn apart.

In an astronomy first, researchers image exoplanets orbiting two stars.

Slivers of sunlight pierced the morning fog, revealing in the blue-green waters below the two ships.

To call it simple is an understatement: kitchen and living room on the first floor, sleeping loft and two bathrooms on the second.

Part of the reason this strain is deadly is because it has picked up the genes to make two different deadly toxins.

Two of the paintings were later found in an unlocked car parked at a psychiatric facility, less than a mile from the museum.

Two car accidents, however, made her rethink her life and.

The discovery of two new hormones gives researchers food for thought.

The iron, in the form of iron sulfate, was fed through two pipes in back of the ship's propellers and dispersed into the ocean.

The following day he took his two sons and his daughter out to the barn, and off flew his nemeses.

Two scientists suggest that depression is not a malfunction, but a mental adaptation that brings certain cognitive advantages.

Nevertheless, there were a few things about episode two that made me cringe.

He returned to the house with two others, but the crows stayed away.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is two diseases in one, say researchers who identify the genes that cells express.

Cut the two long beams to length, and cut the ogee detail.

The mission as now envisioned will consist of two modules.

Let seed potato pieces dry for a day or two before planting.

Two stars become one, and trigger a rare type of nova.

The two qualities of the snow crystal--branching and symmetry--can be explained by two different aspects of crystal growth.

Two separate research teams announced their findings yesterday.

The first carbon tax to reduce the greenhouse gases from imports comes not between two nations, but between two states.

Ten years ago two teams discovered that the universe will expand forever at an ever faster rate, thanks to an unseen energy.

Laser technique could put virus in two overlapping quantum states.

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World English Dictionary

two (tuː)

—n
1.	See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one. It is a prime number
2.	a numeral, 2, II, (ii), etc, representing this number
3.	music the numeral 2 used as the lower figure in a time signature, indicating that the beat is measured in minims
4.	something representing, represented by, or consisting of two units, such as a playing card with two symbols on it
5.	Also called: two o'clock two hours after noon or midnight
6.	in two in or into two parts: break the bread in two
7.	put two and two together to make an inference from available evidence, esp an obvious inference
8.	that makes two of us the same applies to me

—*determiner*
9.	a. amounting to two: two nails
	b. (as pronoun): he bought two

Related: binary, double, dual, di-, bi-

[Old English twā (feminine); related to Old High German zwā, Old Norse tvau, Latin, Greek duo]

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Word Origin & History

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,

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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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Idioms & Phrases

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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