Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - twice
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something happens twice, there are two actions or events of the same kind. He visited me twice that fall and called me on the telephone often... Thoroughly brush teeth and gums twice daily... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adv, ADV n 2. You use twice in expressions such as twice a day and twice a week to indicate that two events or actions of the same kind happen in each day or week. I phoned twice a day, leaving messages with his wife... ADV: ADV a n 3. If one thing is, for example, twice as big or old as another, the first thing is two times as big or old as the second. People sometimes say that one thing is twice as good or hard as another when they want to emphasize that the first thing is much better or harder than the second. The figure of seventy-million pounds was twice as big as expected. ADV: ADV as adj/adv • Twice is also a predeterminer. Unemployment in Northern Ireland is twice the national average... PREDET: PREDET the n 4. If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently. She’d better shut her mouth and from now on think twice before saying stupid things. PHRASE: V inflects 5. once or twice: see once twice over: see over ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adverb Etymology: Middle English twiges, twies, from Old English twiga; akin to Old English twi- Date: 12th century 1. on two occasions ~ absent 2. two times ; in doubled quantity or degree ~ two is four ~ as much ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adv. 1 two times (esp. of multiplication); on two occasions. 2 in double degree or quantity (twice as good). Etymology: ME twiges f. OE twige (as TWO, -S(3)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) вдвое 2) вдвое больший 3) дважды 4) сугубо twice differentiable curve — дважды дифференцируемая кривая twice differentiable function — дважды дифференцируемая функция twice two is four — дважды два - четыре twice two makes four — дважды два - четыре - twice as large - twice as little - twice as much - twice differentiable ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. дважды, два раза twice a day —- дважды в день 2. вдвое twice as good —- вдвое лучше 3. дважды, повторно; как следует to think twice —- хорошо подумать (прежде чем сделать что-либо); подумать дважды (прежде чем сделать что-либо) 4. сделать что-либо без колебаний Id: once or twice, twice or thrice —- несколько раз Id: in twice —- редк. за два раза; во второй раз Id: to pay a debt in twice —- уплатить долг за два раза Id: to succeed in twice —- добиться успеха во второй раз Id: twice over —- за два приема ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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removed троюродный TWICE adv. 1) дважды; twice two is four - дважды два - четыре 2) вдвое; twice as good (as much) - вдвое лучше (больше) to think twice (before doing smth.) - хорошо обдумать что-л. (прежде чем сделать) not to think twice about smth. - а) не думать больше, забыть о чем-л.; б) сделать что-л. без колебаний ...Англо-русский словарь
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See: BIG AS LIFE(2), LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, THINK TWICE, ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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