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adv
adj
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
noun
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
verb
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
adj
- Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
- (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- (mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
- (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
- Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
noun
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
- (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
- (wrestling) A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
- (grammar) The dual number.
- (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
verb
prefix
- A pair of; composed of two.
- Two in number.
- Twice.
- Both: referring to two as a set.
- (anatomy) Bilateral, on both sides of the body.
- Being different in two ways with respect to the root.
- Forked, divided by two, halved; (chemistry, proscribed) half
- Every two; a rate of once every two.
- Having or possessing two of the root word's quality.
- (before a vowel) Alternative form of bio-.
- Double, twofold.
- (chemistry) Used for the digit two to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.
- (LGBTQ) Bisexual, relating to bisexuality.
noun
adj
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- A person who is three years old.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
num
noun
- one of a pair
- a man who is the lover of a man or woman
- a person who is member of one's class or profession
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- a boy or man
- a member of a learned society
- an informal form of address for a man
- (chiefly in the plural) An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
- (chiefly British) A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.
- A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.
- Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
- (informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.
- (chiefly in the negative) A person with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another person; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.
- An honorary title bestowed by a college or university upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).
- Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.
- (US) A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.
- (Canada, US) A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).
- (specifically, British, historical) A senior member of an Inn of Court.
- (US) A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.
- (chiefly in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
- (chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
- (also attributively) A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
- (chiefly in the plural) One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.
- (by extension, often humorous or ironic) An animal or object.
noun
- one of a pair
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
verb
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
prefix
- Two.
- A pair.
- Both, possessing two distinct (possibly opposing) qualities.
- Alternative form of dis-: split, to split; shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.
- Double, twice the quantity.
- Alternative form of dia-: across or through, before a vowel.
det
adv
conj
pron
adv
- one from the other
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
- away from another or others
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- into parts or pieces
- Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- In or into two or more parts.
- To the side; aside.
- Separately, exclusively, not together.
adj
postp
prefix
- Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
- Alternate, different.
- Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
- (figurative) Moving from one track or state to another.
- Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
- Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
- Moving from one side to the other; across.
- Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
- On the opposite side of.
- Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
- To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
- More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
- Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
- One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
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verb
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adj
noun
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- (film) Ellipsis of two shot.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
- The digit/figure 2.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
num
adv
prep
verb
noun
- A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
- (radio) Dipole antenna.
- (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
- (linguistics) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
- (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
- (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
- (botany) A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
- Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
- An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
- (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
- (historical) A man’s waistcoat.
- A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
- A word ladder puzzle.
- a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
verb
adj
- the other one of a complementary pair
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An antonym.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
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prep
adv
noun
- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
adj
verb
verb
noun
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- (informal) A small number.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- a pair of people who live together
- a small indefinite number
- a pair who associate with one another
- two items of the same kind
adj
det
verb
- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- link together
noun
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
- The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
- (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- A public disputation by scholars.
- (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
prep
- Done together or reciprocally.
- Taking together the combined effect of.
- In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
- Shared in confidence.
- In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
- One of (representing a choice).
- Combined (by effort or ownership).
noun
adv
prefix
prep
- Done jointly by (two or more people).
- Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
- Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
- Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
- In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
- Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
- Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
- Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
- Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
adj
- one after the other
- (poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”).
- (physics, by extension) Emerging in exactly opposite directions.
- With one's back facing that of somebody else.
- Sequential or consecutive.
- (of a house) Having a party wall at the rear.
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noun
adj
adv
noun
prep_phrase
noun
- the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- the act of converging (coming closer)
- a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
- (physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
- (mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
- The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
- (economics) The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
- (meteorology) A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
- A meeting place.
- The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
- (biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
- The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
prefix
noun
- A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
- (music) Any set of two different pitch classes.
- (sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
- (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
- (sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; a dyadic relationship.
- (chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.
- (mathematics) A tensor of order two and rank one.
- (biology) A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
- two items of the same kind
adj
noun
verb
noun
noun
- one of a pair
- a man who is the lover of a man or woman
- a person who is member of one's class or profession
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- a boy or man
- a member of a learned society
- an informal form of address for a man
- (chiefly in the plural) An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
- (chiefly British) A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.
- A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.
- Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
- (informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.
- (chiefly in the negative) A person with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another person; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.
- An honorary title bestowed by a college or university upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).
- Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.
- (US) A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.
- (Canada, US) A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).
- (specifically, British, historical) A senior member of an Inn of Court.
- (US) A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.
- (chiefly in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
- (chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
- (also attributively) A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
- (chiefly in the plural) One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.
- (by extension, often humorous or ironic) An animal or object.
noun
- one of a pair
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
verb
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
noun
adj
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noun
- A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
- (radio) Dipole antenna.
- (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
- (linguistics) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
- (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
- (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
- (botany) A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
- Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
- An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
- (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
- (historical) A man’s waistcoat.
- A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
- A word ladder puzzle.
- a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
adj
- Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
- (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- (mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
- (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
- Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
noun
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
- (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
- (wrestling) A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
- (grammar) The dual number.
- (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
verb
noun
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- (informal) A small number.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- a pair of people who live together
- a small indefinite number
- a pair who associate with one another
- two items of the same kind
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- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- link together
noun
- A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
- (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
- The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
- (UK) A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.
- (rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
- (grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
- A public disputation by scholars.
- (biology) The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
- (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
noun
- the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- the act of converging (coming closer)
- a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
- (physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
- (mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
- The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
- (economics) The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
- (meteorology) A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
- A meeting place.
- The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
- (biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
- The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
noun
- A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
- (music) Any set of two different pitch classes.
- (sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
- (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
- (sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; a dyadic relationship.
- (chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.
- (mathematics) A tensor of order two and rank one.
- (biology) A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
- two items of the same kind
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- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
noun
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
verb
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
adv
- one from the other
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
- away from another or others
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- into parts or pieces
- Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- In or into two or more parts.
- To the side; aside.
- Separately, exclusively, not together.
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- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
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- Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
- (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
- (mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
- (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
- Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
noun
- Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
- (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
- (wrestling) A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
- (grammar) The dual number.
- (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
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- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- A person who is three years old.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
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- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- (film) Ellipsis of two shot.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
- The digit/figure 2.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
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- the other one of a complementary pair
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An antonym.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
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- one after the other
- (poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”).
- (physics, by extension) Emerging in exactly opposite directions.
- With one's back facing that of somebody else.
- Sequential or consecutive.
- (of a house) Having a party wall at the rear.