Definitions for TWIN
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. twinnoun

   either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

2. Gemini, Twinnoun

   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini

3. Twin, Twin Fallsnoun

   a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho

4. counterpart, similitude, twinadjective

   a duplicate copy

5. duplicate, matching, twin(a), twinnedverb

   being two identical

6. twin, duplicate, parallelverb

   duplicate or match

   "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

7. match, mate, couple, pair, twinverb

   bring two objects, ideas, or people together

   "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

8. twinverb

   grow as twins

   "twin crystals"

9. twinverb

   give birth to twins

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. twinnoun

   Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

2. twinnoun

   Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

3. twinnoun

   A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room

4. twinnoun

   A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.

5. twinnoun

   A twin crystal.

6. twinnoun

   Forming a pair of twins.

   the twin boys

7. twinnoun

   Forming a matched pair.

   twin socks

8. twinverb

   To separate, divide.

9. twinverb

   To split, part; to go away, depart.

10. twinverb

    To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).

11. twinverb

    To give birth to twins.

12. Etymology: twinn, earlier getwinn, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twinnoun

   Etymology: twinn , Saxon; tweelingen, Dutch.

   1. Children born at birth. It is therefore seldom used in the singular; though sometimes it is used for one of twins.

   In this mystery of ill opinions, here’s the twin brother of thy letter; but let thine inherit first, for mine never shall. Sh.

   In bestowing
   He was most princely: ever witness for him
   Those twins of learning Ipswich and Oxford. William Shakespeare.

   If that moment of the time of birth be of such moment, whence proceedeth the great difference of the constitutions of twins, which, tho’ together born, have strange and contrary fortunes. William Drummond.

   The divided dam
   Runs to the summons of her hungry lamb;
   But when the twin cries halves, she quits the first. John Cleveland.

   They came twins from the womb, and still they live
   As if they would go twins too to the grave. Thomas Otway.

   Fair Leda’s twins, in time to stars decreed,
   One fought on foot, one curb’d the fiery steed. Dryden.

   Had there been the same likeness in all men, as sometimes in twins, it would have given occasion to confusion. Nehemiah Grew.

   2. Gemini, the sign of the zodiack.

   This, when the sun retires,
   First shines, and spreads black night with feeble fires,
   Then parts the twins and crab. Thomas Creech.

   When now no more, th’ alternate twins are fir’d.
   Short is the doubtful empire of the night. James Thomson.

2. To Twinverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To be born at the same birth.

   He that is approv’d in this offence,
   Though he had twinn’d with me both at a birth,
   Shall lose me. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   2. To bring two at once.

   Ewes yearly by twinning rich masters do make. Thomas Tusser.

   3. To be paired; to be suited.

   Hath nature given them eyes,
   Which can distinguish ’twixt
   The fiery orbs above and the twinned stones
   Upon the humbl’d beach. William Shakespeare.

   O how inscrutable! his equity
   Twins with his power. George Sandys.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twin

   Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be either monozygotic ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic ('non-identical' or 'fraternal'), meaning that each twin develops from a separate egg and each egg is fertilized by its own sperm cell. Since identical twins develop from one zygote, they will share the same sex, while fraternal twins may or may not. In rare cases twins can have the same mother and different fathers (heteropaternal superfecundation). In contrast, a fetus that develops alone in the womb (the much more common case, in humans) is called a singleton, and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is a multiple. Unrelated look-alikes whose resemblance parallels that of twins are referred to as doppelgängers.

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1. twin

   A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic ("identical"), meaning they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or they can be dizygotic ("fraternal"), meaning they develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells. Twins are a common natural occurrence and can share the same physical and genetic characteristics depending on the type.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twinadjective

   being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister

2. Twinadjective

   being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with

3. Twinadjective

   double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts

4. Twinadjective

   composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4

5. Twinnoun

   one of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young

6. Twinnoun

   a sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini

7. Twinnoun

   a person or thing that closely resembles another

8. Twinnoun

   a compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other

9. Twinverb

   to bring forth twins

10. Twinverb

    to be born at the same birth

11. Twinverb

    to cause to be twins, or like twins in any way

12. Twinverb

    to separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob

13. Twinverb

    to depart from a place or thing

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twin

   A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic, meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic meaning that they develop from two eggs, each fertilized by separate sperm cells. In contrast, a fetus which develops alone in the womb is called a singleton, and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is multiple.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twin

   twin, v.i. (obs.) to be parted in twain.—v.t. to part in twain: to deprive. [See next word.]

2. Twin

   twin, n. a pair: one of two born at a birth: one very like another: a union of two similar crystals, or of two halves of one crystal holding a reversed position to each other, as if one had been turned half round about an axis (the twinning axis), perpendicular to a plane (the twinning plane), which is not for either a plane of symmetry.—adj. twofold, double: being one of two born at a birth: very like another: consisting of two parts nearly alike.—v.t. to couple, mate.—v.i. to be born at the same birth: to bring forth two at once: to be paired or suited:—pr.p. twin′ning; pa.p. twinned.—adj. Twin′-born, born at the same birth.—ns. Twin′-broth′er, one of two brothers who are twins; Twin′-flower, a slender, creeping evergreen—Linnæa borealis; Twin′ling.—adj. Twinned, produced at one birth: united.—ns. Twin′ning; Twin′-screw, a steam-vessel with two propellers on separate shafts; Twin′ship; Twin′-sis′ter, one of two sisters who are twins.—The Twins, the constellation Gemini. [A.S. getwinn, twinn, double—twí, two.]

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Matched Categories

1. • Snake
   • Astrology
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   • Person
   • Sibling
   • Waterfall

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'TWIN' in Nouns Frequency: #1471

Anagrams for TWIN »

1. wint

How to pronounce TWIN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TWIN in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TWIN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of TWIN in a Sentence

1. Laurie Laybourn-Langton:

   No country on Earth is doing what is required to make sure we get toward an economic system capable of confronting the twin challenges of ecological collapse and climate change, there are, though, a number of ideas and small-scale projects being done that arguably – if scaled up – could deal with the problem.

2. Lucy Aylmer:

   Maria loves telling people at college that she has a white twin -- and I'm very proud of having a black twin, my family is beautiful.

3. Salomon Gold:

   I am confident that this building is safe, you know you have twin families. I mean two brothers and the same genetics. But they are not the same. One can be a criminal and the other can be a physician.

4. South Sudan:

   When your interest is so intertwined, you are like a conjoined twin, for us, the solution is not to remove Bashir, the solution is to improve the economy.

5. Eric Nelson:

   The media coverage in this case is like a bomb explosion : Hennepin and Ramsey counties are ground zero and although felt far and wide, the effects of the explosion diminish as they ripple outward from the Twin Cities, ever since the incident, potential jurors in the Twin Cities have been faced with daily, one-sided reminders of the events of May 25, 2020. Signs demanding.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TWIN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Twin
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TWIN
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TWIN
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=TWIN
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=TWIN