1
: on two occasions
twice absent
2
: two times : in doubled quantity or degree
twice two is four
twice as much
Examples of twice in a Sentence
I only wore it twice.
He has rehearsals twice a month.
He twice lost to younger opponents.
We visited them twice in 10 years.
The dictionary has been twice updated since 1993.
I've been there at least twice.
He must be twice her age.
The population is twice that of Canada.
The new one costs about twice as much.
He could earn twice his present salary at the new job.
Recent Examples on the Web
That came after Florida scored twice in the third period to tie the game.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Sheinbaum celebrated a drop in homicides, which according to city data occurred just twice daily on average by then, the lowest rate since 1989.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
Eastwood has been married twice, first to Maggie Johnson, from 1953 to 1984; then to Dina Ruiz in 1996.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
But the defense argued that constitutional prohibitions regarding prosecuting a defendant on the same charges twice should bar Patterson’s retrial.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2024
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Sheinbaum celebrated a drop in homicides, which according to city data occurred just twice daily on average by then, the lowest rate since 1989.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
Eastwood has been married twice, first to Maggie Johnson, from 1953 to 1984; then to Dina Ruiz in 1996.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
But the defense argued that constitutional prohibitions regarding prosecuting a defendant on the same charges twice should bar Patterson’s retrial.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2024
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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