two
two
number
/tuː/
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There are only two cookies left.
two of Sweden’s top financial experts
Ten people were invited but only two turned up.
Can you lend me two dollars?
a two-month contract
Look at page two.
Two and seven is nine.
Three twos are six.
I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a two?
The bulbs are planted in twos or threes (= groups of two or three).
We moved to America when I was two (= two years old).
Shall we meet at two (= at two o'clock), then?
Idioms
be in two minds about something/about doing something
a day, moment, pound, etc. or two
fall between two stools
in two
in twos and threes
in two shakes | in a couple of shakes
it takes two to do something
it takes two to tango
not have two cents, pennies, brain cells, etc. to rub together
put two and two together
that makes two of us
two/ten a penny
two sides of the same coin
Word Origin
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.