two

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English cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : two
    Ordinal : second
    Adverbial : twice
    Multiplier : double
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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English twā (two), from Proto-Germanic *twai (two) (compare West Frisian twa, Dutch twee, German zwei and zwo), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (compare Old Irish dáu, Latin duō, Tocharian A/B wu/wi, Lithuanian , Russian два (dva), Albanian dy, Ancient Greek δύο (dýo), Old Armenian երկու (erku), Sanskrit द्व (dvá)).

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two

  1. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. Ordinal: second. This many dots (••)
  2. Describing a set or group with two components.

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two (plural twos)

  1. The digit/figure 2.
    The number 2202 contains three twos.
  2. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
  3. A child aged two.
    This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
  4. The playing cards featuring two pips.

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two

  1. two
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