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Definitions for twice
twaɪstwice
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Princeton's WordNet
twiceadverb
two times
"I called her twice"
doubly, double, twiceadverb
to double the degree
"she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"
Wiktionary
twiceadverb
two times
You better watch out,You better not cry,You better not pout,I'm telling you why:Santa Claus is coming to town.He's making a list,And checking it twice,He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice.Santa Claus is coming to town. (Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)
Etymology: From twi- meaning two or both.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Twiceadverb
Etymology: twigið , Saxon; twees, Dutch.
Upon his crest he struck him so,
That twice he reeled, ready twice to fall. Fairy Q.He twice essay’d to cast his son in gold;
Twice from his hands he drop’d the forming mould. Dryd.A little sum you mourn, while most have met
With twice the loss, and by as vile a cheat. Dryden.Life is tedious as a twice told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. William Shakespeare.Twice-born Bacchus burst the thund’rer’s thigh,
And all the gods that wander thro’ the sky. Thomas Creech.Extol the strength of a twice-conquer’d race. Dryden.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
Twice
Twice is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera for her eighth studio album, Liberation (2018). It was released for digital download and streaming on May 11, 2018 by RCA Records as the album's first promotional single. Kirby Lauryen wrote the track and co-produced it with Sandy Chila. Upon its release of, music critics were positive towards the track, praising Aguilera's voice and the lyrics. Commercially, "Twice" reached top-forty positions on the digital charts of Australia and Spain. The song was later included in the setlist for Aguilera's Liberation Tour.
ChatGPT
twice
Twice is an adverb that means two times or on two occasions. It is associated with a repeated or doubled action, event, or measurement.
Webster Dictionary
Twiceadverb
two times; once and again
Twiceadverb
doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor
Freebase
Twice
Twice is the second album by American indie rock band The Tyde, released in 2003.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Twice
twīs, adv. two times: once and again: doubly.—n. Twī′cer, one who is both compositor and pressman.—adj. Twice′-told, told twice: hackneyed.—At twice, at two distinct times. [A.S. twíges—twíwa—twá, two.]
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Twice
Twice is like a brick & mortar clothing resale store, but online.Sellers send in their clothing (we pay shipping), and we make an offer for their items. We pay for everything upfront, so you get your cash right away!Buyers purchase items from our store, where most of our items are available for 70-90% off retail. And we offer free shipping on orders over $49 ($5 otherwise) and free 30-day returns.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'twice' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1769
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'twice' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1174
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'twice' in Adverbs Frequency: #149
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of twice in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of twice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of twice in a Sentence
Every 15 years, the worldwide fleet doubles — that is a fantastic business case, the problem : twice as many emissions, twice as much noise, twice as much carbon fuel consumption... this is just not sustainable.
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork.
Facts First : It is true that the US, at an estimated $ 10,586 per person in 2018, spends twice as much or more per person on health care as Canada( $ 4,974) and most other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development( OECD) -- but the US does not spend twice as much as any other country. Switzerland, at $ 7,317 per capita, and Norway, at $ 6,187 per capita, were well above half the US level in 2018, according to OECD figures. Several other countries were above half more narrowly. Senator Sanders could correctly say the US spends more than twice the OECD average. As we've noted before, though, Senator Sanders has been using the same inaccurate wording for more than a decade, even though that wording has been fact checked as inaccurate since 2009. Trump's tax law and the very richSanders said.
When I clap twice the light turns on, as it detects that I'm clapping. When I write an English 'R' in the air the red light turns on, and when I write an English 'Y' the yellow light turns on. Lastly, when I clap twice the light turns off, during this process we are communicating and interacting on the Human Computer Interface by using the internet of things, and the wearable device.
The original Marx quote (rough) History repeats twice, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. The addition by Leonard; Technology repeats twice, the first time as farce, and the second as tragedy
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- مرتينArabic
- [[div#BretonBreton
- [[dos#CatalanCatalan, Valencian
- dvakrátCzech
- [[dwywaith]]Welsh
- doppelt, zweimalGerman
- διςGreek
- dufojeEsperanto
- [[dos#Spanish, doblementeSpanish
- [[kaksi#Finnish, kahdestiFinnish
- [[deux#French, deux foisFrench
- [[dà#Scottish GaelicScottish Gaelic
- [[שְׁתֵי]] [[פעם, פעמייםHebrew
- kétszerHungarian
- [[երկու]] [[անգամ]]Armenian
- tvívegis, tvisvarIcelandic
- [[duo#ItalianItalian
- 二回, 二度, 二倍Japanese
- ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿKannada
- 두번, [[두]][[번]]Korean
- دووجارKurdish
- bisLatin
- zweemolLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- [[twee#Dutch, tweemaalDutch
- dwukrotniePolish
- duas vezes, [[dois#PortuguesePortuguese
- [[два#Russian, дваждыRussian
- два́пут, dváputSerbo-Croatian
- [[två#SwedishSwedish
- двічіUkrainian
- 两次Chinese
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