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{
"term": "twin",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "one of two children born at the same time to the same mother",
"labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's expecting twins."
},
{
"text": "If you're carrying *(= expecting)* twins or triplets, that can put you at risk."
},
{
"text": "I'm 5 months pregnant with twins."
},
{
"text": "His long-lost twin was searching for him."
},
{
"text": "I was the older twin."
},
{
"text": "My sister had twins."
},
{
"text": "The twins were separated at birth."
},
{
"text": "adult twins who were raised apart"
},
{
"text": "the plot device of giving a character an evil twin"
}
],
"topics": ["Holidays", "Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["identical", "monozygotic", "dizygotic"],
"… of twins": ["pair", "set"],
"verb + twin": ["be carrying", "be pregnant with", "expect"],
"twin + noun": ["boys", "girls", "daughters"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "one of two similar things that make a pair",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plate was one of a pair but I broke its twin."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/twɪn/",
"audio": "tw/twin/twin__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/twɪn/",
"audio": "tw/twin/twin__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English."
}