twice

[Twice]

Two times

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Two times; once and again.

Adverb
two times; "I called her twice"

Adverb
to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"


adv.
Two times; once and again.

adv.
Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.


Twice

Twice , adv. [OE. twies (where the s is the adverbial ending; see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- (in comp.) two, G. zwie-, OHG. zwi-, Icel. tv'c6-, L. bi-, Gr. , Skr. dvi-, and E. two. See Two.] 1. Two times; once and again.
He twice essayed to cast his son in gold.
2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor. &hand;Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, twice-horn, twice-conquered, twice-planted, twice-told, and the like.

Two times; once and again.

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Usage Examples

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.

I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.

I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.

I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.

Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.

Misspelled Form

twice, rtwice, 5twice, 6twice, ytwice, gtwice, rwice, 5wice, 6wice, ywice, gwice, trwice, t5wice, t6wice, tywice, tgwice, tqwice, t2wice, t3wice, tewice, tawice, tswice, tqice, t2ice, t3ice, teice, taice, tsice, twqice, tw2ice, tw3ice, tweice, twaice, twsice, twuice, tw8ice, tw9ice, twoice, twjice, twkice, twuce, tw8ce, tw9ce, twoce, twjce, twkce, twiuce, twi8ce, twi9ce, twioce, twijce, twikce, twixce, twidce, twifce, twivce, twi ce, twixe, twide, twife, twive, twi e, twicxe, twicde, twicfe, twicve, twic e, twicwe, twic3e, twic4e, twicre, twicse, twicde, twicw, twic3, twic4, twicr, twics, twicd, twicew, twice3, twice4, twicer, twices, twiced.

Other Usage Examples

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.

I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Christmas makes everything twice as sad.

Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that 'fun.' is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

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