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]
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.
Two Harbors, MN (city, FIPS 65956) Location: 47.03034 N, 91.67567 W Population (1990): 3651 (1660 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55616
Two Rivers, WI (city, FIPS 81325) Location: 44.15628 N, 87.58119 W Population (1990): 13030 (5414 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54241
Two Buttes, CO (town, FIPS 79270) Location: 37.56055 N, 102.39591 W Population (1990): 63 (31 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Two Rivers, AK (CDP, FIPS 79830) Location: 64.87099 N, 147.09001 W Population (1990): 453 (209 housing units) Area: 32.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Two Strike, SD (CDP, FIPS 64840) Location: 43.21304 N, 100.87521 W Population (1990): 112 (29 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bi-\ [L. bis twice, which in composition drops the -s, akin to E. two. See Bis-, Two, and cf. Di-, Dis-.]1. In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc. 2. (Chem.) In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.
Bis\, adv. [L. bis twice, for duis, fr. root of duo two. See Two, and cf. Bi-.] Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
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