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{
"term": "two",
"partOfSpeech": "number",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are only two cookies left."
},
{
"text": "two of Sweden’s top financial experts"
},
{
"text": "Ten people were invited but only two turned up."
},
{
"text": "Can you lend me two dollars?"
},
{
"text": "a two-month contract"
},
{
"text": "Look at page two."
},
{
"text": "Two and seven is nine."
},
{
"text": "Three twos are six."
},
{
"text": "I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a two?"
},
{
"text": "The bulbs are planted in twos or threes *(= groups of two or three)*."
},
{
"text": "We moved to America when I was two *(= two years old)*."
},
{
"text": "Shall we meet at two *(= at two o'clock)*, then?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be unable to decide what you think about somebody/something, or whether to do something or not",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was in two minds about the book *(= I didn't know if I liked it or not)*."
},
{
"text": "She's in two minds about accepting his invitation."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "one or a few days, moments, pounds, etc.",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "May I borrow it for a day or two?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in or into two pieces or halves",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He broke the bar of chocolate in two and gave me half."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "two or three at a time; in small numbers",
"examples": [
{
"text": "People arrived in twos and threes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very soon",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We’ll be there in a couple of shakes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "one person cannot be completely responsible for something",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can't put all the blame on him. It takes two to make a marriage."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that two people or groups, and not just one, are responsible for something that has happened (usually something bad)",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be very poor, stupid, etc.",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to guess the truth from what you see, hear, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's inclined to **put two and two together and make five** *(= reaches the wrong conclusion from what he sees, hears, etc.)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "I am in the same position or I agree with you",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I'm tired!’ ‘That makes two of us!’"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very common and therefore not valuable",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Teachers of history are ten a penny."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tuː/",
"audio": "tw/two/two__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tuː/",
"audio": "tw/two/two__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English twā (feminine and neuter) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twee and German zwei, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek duo. Compare with twain."
}