twice
AdverbUS[twahys]/twaɪs/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
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aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Translations
Adverb two times
- German
- zweimal
- Portuguese
- duas vezes
- Russian
- два́жды dváždy
- Arabic
- مَرَّتَيْن marratayn
- Japanese
- 二度 nido
- Dutch
- tweemaal
- Polish
- dwukrotnie
- Swedish
- dubbelt
- Greek
- δις dis
- Hungarian
- kétszer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Twice (twīs), adverb
Origin: OE. twies (where the s is the adverbial ending; see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- (in comp.) two, G. zwie-, OHG. zwi-, Icel. tvī-, L. bi-, Gr. δι-, Skr. dvi-, and E. two. See Two.
1. Two times; once and again.
He twice essayed to cast his son in gold.— John Dryden
2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
☞Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, twice-born, twice-conquered, twice-planted, twice-told, and the like.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
TWICE, adv. Once too often.