twin
10 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
twins
plural
twins
Britannica Dictionary definition of TWIN
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1
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either one of two babies that are born at the same time to the same mother
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compare quadruplet, quintuplet, sextuplet, triplet;
see also conjoined twin, fraternal twin, identical twin
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She's the mother of twins.
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The twins went swimming after lunch.
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My sister just had twins.
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Sarah and her brother are twins.
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I didn't know she had a twin. [=a sister/brother who is her twin]
2
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either one of two similar things that form a pair
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I found one glove but I can't find its twin. [=the other glove]
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twin
/ˈtwɪn/
adjective
2
twin
/ˈtwɪn/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of TWIN
always used before a noun
1
— used to describe children who are twins
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my twin brother [=my brother who is my twin]
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They had twin girls.
2
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made up of two similar things that are used together
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a twin-engine airplane [=an airplane that has two engines]
3
:
forming one of a pair of related or connected ideas or places
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the twin goals of reducing oil dependence and protecting the environment
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twin
/ˈtwɪn/
verb
twins;
twinned;
twinning
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twin
/ˈtwɪn/
verb
twins;
twinned;
twinning
Britannica Dictionary definition of TWIN
[+ object]
1
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to bring (two things) together in close association
— usually used as (be) twinned
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Research is twinned [=coupled] with technology.
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They will be twinned [=paired] in the pages of history.
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two cultures with a twinned destiny
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British
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to form a relationship between (two towns in two countries)
— usually used as (be) twinned
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Our town is twinned with a town of roughly the same size in France.
