Definition of 'twice'
2. adverb
You use twice in expressions such as twice a day and twice a week to indicate that two events or actions of the same kind happen in each day or week.
3. adverb [ADV as adj/adv]
Twice is also a predeterminer.
4.
See to think twice
6. twice over
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twice in American English
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twice in American English
(twais)
adverb
2.
on two occasions; in two instances
I phoned him twice
3.
in twofold quantity or degree; in double the amount or degree
twice as much
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[bef. 1150; ME twies, equiv. to twie twice (OE twige, c. OFris twīa, OS tuuīo; see twi-) + -s -s1]Examples of 'twice' in a sentence
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twice
British English: twice
/twaɪs/ ADVERB
If something happens twice, it happens two times.
I've met him twice.
- American English: twice /ˈtwaɪs/
- Arabic: مَرَّتَيْـن
- Brazilian Portuguese: duas vezes
- Chinese: 两次
- Croatian: dvaput
- Czech: dvakrát
- Danish: to gange
- Dutch: tweemaal
- European Spanish: dos veces
- Finnish: kahdesti
- French: deux fois
- German: zweimal
- Greek: δις
- Italian: due volte
- Japanese: 二度
- Korean: 두 번
- Norwegian: to ganger
- Polish: dwa razy
- European Portuguese: duas vezes
- Romanian: de două ori
- Russian: дважды
- Latin American Spanish: dos veces
- Swedish: två gånger
- Thai: สองครั้ง
- Turkish: iki kere
- Ukrainian: двічі
- Vietnamese: hai lần
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