two definition
Overview
This page has 11 definitions of two in English, Middle English, and Saterland Frisian. Two is a noun and numeral. Examples of how to use two in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
Translingual two definition
| Signal flag for the digit 2 |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
two
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for the digit 2.
- Synonym: bissotwo (ITU/IMO)
References
English two definition
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| Cardinal: two Ordinal: second Latinate ordinal: secondary Adverbial: two times, twice Multiplier: twofold Latinate multiplier: double Distributive: doubly Collective: both, pair, twosome Multiuse collective: doublet, couple, couplet Greek or Latinate collective: dyad Metric collective prefix: double- Greek collective prefix: di-, duo- Latinate collective prefix: bi- Fractional: half Metric fractional prefix: demi- Latinate fractional prefix: semi- Elemental: twin, doublet Greek prefix: deutero- Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet Number of years: biennium | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
| PIE word |
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| *dwóh₁ |
From Middle English two, twa, from Old English twā, feminine and neuter of twēġen (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Cognate with Scots twa (“two”); North Frisian tou, tuu (“two”); Saterland Frisian twäin, two (“two”); West Frisian twa (“two”); Dutch twee (“two”); Low German twee, twei (“two”); German zwei, zwo (“two”); Danish and Norwegian to (“two”); Swedish två, tu (“two”); Icelandic tvö (“two”); Latin duō (“two”); Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”); Irish dhá (“two”); Lithuanian dù (“two”); Russian два (dva, “two”); Albanian dy (“two”); Old Armenian երկու (erku, “two”); Sanskrit द्व (dvá, “two”); Tocharian A wu, Tocharian B wi. Doublet of duo. See also twain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː], enPR: to͞o
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- (US) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
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- (obsolete) IPA(key): /twuː/, enPR: two͞o
- Homophones: to, too
- Rhymes: -uː
Numeral
two
- A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
- Describing a set or group with two elements.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
- “ […] The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”
Derived terms
Terms derived from two (numeral)
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- a thing or two
- beast with two backs
- bent as a two bob
- between two stools
- big two
- blues and twos
- caught between two stools
- couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle
- cross as two sticks
- difference of two squares
- eat for two
- every stick has two ends
- fall between two stools
- fifteen and two
- for two pins
- four-by-two
- four by two
- game of two halves
- give two hoots
- give two shits
- goody-two-shoes
- goody two-shoes
- goody two shoes
- grade two
- have two strings to one's bow
- hippo birdie two ewe
- hit two targets with one arrow
- in two
- in two jumps
- in two minds
- in two shakes
- in two shakes of a cow's tail
- in two shakes of a dog's tail
- in two shakes of a duck's tail
- in two shakes of a lamb's tail
- it takes two to make a quarrel
- it takes two to quarrel
- it takes two to tangle
- it takes two to tango
- kill two birds with one stone
- kinder two
- layer two tunnelling protocol
- lesser of two evils
- like two peas in a pod
- Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
- meat and two veg
- no two ways about it
- number two
- of two minds
- one can't hold two watermelons in one hand
- one or two
- ones and twos
- one-two
- one-two punch
- one-two-three
- play number two
- put two and two together
- put two and two together and come up with five
- put two and two together and make five
- rose between two thorns
- rule of two
- serve two masters
- six and two threes
- stand on one's own two feet
- that ever walked on two legs
- there are two sides to every question
- thick as two short planks
- three-center two-electron bond
- trip over one's own two feet
- turn two
- twenty two
- twenty-two hundred
- two Americas
- two and eight
- two a penny
- two-armed
- two-bagger
- two bald men fighting over a comb
- two-barred crossbill
- two-barred warbler
- two birds with one stone
- two-bit
- two bits
- two-block
- two-blocked
- two-block haircut
- two bob
- two bob each way
- two-body problem
- two by four
- two-by-four
- two by two
- two can play at that game
- two can play at this game
- two can play that game
- two can play this game
- two cents
- two cents' worth
- two child problem
- two children problem
- two commas
- two-cylinder
- two days after tomorrow
- two-decker
- two-dimensional
- two-double
- two-edged
- two-edged sword
- two envelopes problem
- two-eyed jack
- two-eyed steak
- two-faced
- two-facedly
- two-facedness
- two-fanged
- two fat ladies
- two fifths
- two-fifths
- two-fingered typing
- two fingers up
- two-fisted
- two-fisted drinker
- two-fold
- two-footed
- two for flinching
- two-form
- two for the price of one
- two for two
- two-forty on a plank road
- two-four
- two-handed
- two-handedly
- two-handedness
- two-hander
- two-hand sword
- two-hand touch
- two ha'pennies for a penny
- Two Harbors
- two-headed
- two heads are better than one
- two-hit wonder
- two-hourly
- two hundred
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- two-L
- two L
- two lamps burning and no ship at sea
- two left feet
- two left hands
- two-legged
- two-legged beast
- two-legged tie
- two-level
- two-line
- two-line brevier
- two-line double pica
- two-line English
- two-line great primer
- two-line pass
- two-line pica
- two-line whip
- two-lipped
- two men and a dog
- two-minute hate
- two-minute silence
- two-minute warning
- two-move checkmate
- two-name paper
- two-norm
- two o'clock
- two-of
- two-of-a-kind
- two of a kind
- two pair
- two pairs
- two-partyism
- two-party system
- two pennies to rub together
- two pennies' worth
- two penn'orth
- two pennorth
- two-percenter
- two percenter
- two-percent milk
- two-phase
- two-phase commit
- two-piece
- two-piece sleeve
- two pips
- two-pizza rule
- two-ply
- two-point conversion
- two-point perspective
- two points
- two-port network
- two pot screamer
- two-price advertising
- two-pronged
- two-ranked
- two-reeler
- two-seamer
- two-seam fastball
- two-seater
- two second rule
- two-second rule
- two seconds to black
- two set
- two shot
- two-sided
- two-sided ideal
- two sides of the same coin
- two solitudes
- two-speed crossword
- two-spirit
- two spirit
- two-spirited
- two-start
- two-step
- two steps ahead
- two-stroke
- two-stroke engine
- two swords
- two-table
- two tears in a bucket
- twoth
- two-thirds
- two thirds
- two thousand
- two thousand and late
- two thousands
- two-thousandsies
- two-throw
- two thumbs up
- two-tier
- two-time
- two-timer
- two-timing
- two-toed sloth
- two-tone
- two-tongued
- two-to-one
- two upon ten
- two-up-two-down
- two-way
- two-way communication
- two-way mirror
- two-way street
- two-way switch
- two-wheeled
- two-wheeler
- two-wheel tractor
- two wrongs don't make a right
- two wrongs make a right
- watch in two
- wear two hats
- when two Sundays come together
- when two Sundays meet
Translations
numerical value
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describing set or group with two elements
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See also
Noun
two (plural twos)
- The digit/figure 2.
- The number 2202 contains three twos.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
- This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Three Investigators Come across a Dark Soul”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.
Derived terms
Translations
digit or figure
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two-dollar bill
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child aged two
See also
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Descendants
- → Russian: туз (tuz, “two-oar dinghy”)
Anagrams
Middle English two definition
| 20 | ||
| [a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
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| Cardinal: two, twei Ordinal: secunde Adverbial: twie, twies Multiplier: twofold | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English twā, feminine of twēġen.
Pronunciation
Numeral
two
- two
- p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
- Gif tƿa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun · al þe tunſcipe flugæn foꝛ heom. ƿenden ð hi ƿæron ræuereſ.
- If two or three men came riding into a town, the whole town ran away from them, concluding that they were robbers.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “twō, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Saterland Frisian two definition
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Numeral
two