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{
"term": "twice",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "two times; on two occasions",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't know him well; I've only met him twice."
},
{
"text": "The cows are milked **twice daily**."
},
{
"text": "The cows are milked **twice a day**."
},
{
"text": "They go there **twice a week/month/year**."
},
{
"text": "a **twice-monthly/yearly** newsletter"
},
{
"text": "He managed to **score twice** in the match."
},
{
"text": "The book has been turned into film **at least twice** before."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "double in quantity, rate, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an area twice the size of Wales"
},
{
"text": "Cats sleep twice as much as people."
},
{
"text": "At 56 he's twice her age."
},
{
"text": "Charges have risen at twice the rate of inflation."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an unusual or unpleasant event is not likely to happen in the same place or to the same people twice",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a few times",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't know her well, I've only met her once or twice."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to think carefully before deciding to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You should think twice about employing someone you've never met."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not just once but twice",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was enough of the drug in her stomach to kill her twice over."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/twaɪs/",
"audio": "tw/twice/twice__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/twaɪs/",
"audio": "tw/twice/twice__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Old English twiges, from the base of two + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound); compare with once."
}