,| 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. |
| 5. | amounting to two in number. |
| 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. |
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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.