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" The hardest thing is that I never do anything the same way twice, and when I'm on the air, I'm very unscripted, and I'm very comfortable in that role. So me being scripted is not a comfortable place for me."
Ashleigh Banfield

Meaning of "twice" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TWICE

Old English twiwa; related to Old Norse tvisvar, Middle Low German twiges.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TWICE

twaɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Twice is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES TWICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of twice in the English dictionary

The definition of twice in the dictionary is two times; on two occasions or in two cases. Other definition of twice is double in degree or quantity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWICE

advice · Brice · concise · device · dice · ice · lice · merchandise · mice · nice · paradise · precise · price · rice · sacrifice · slice · spice · suffice · vice · vise

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWICE

twibil · twibill · twice-laid · twice-told · twicer · twichild · twichildren · Twickenham · twiddle · twiddler · twiddly · twiforked · twiformed · twig · twigged · twiggen · twigger · twiggier · twiggiest · twigging

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWICE

Alice · at a price · at any price · at short notice · chief of police · choice · customer service · Gliwice · justice · Katowice · malice · notice · office · once or twice · police · practice · service · the Oval Office · think twice · voice

Synonyms and antonyms of twice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «twice» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TWICE

Find out the translation of twice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of twice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «twice» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

两次
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

dos veces
570 millions of speakers
en

English

twice
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

दो बार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَرَّتَيْـن
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дважды
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

duas vezes
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিগুণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

deux fois
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dua kali
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zweimal
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

二度
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

두 번
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kaping pindho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hai lần
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இருமுறை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दुप्पट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

iki defa
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

due volte
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

dwa razy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

двічі
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

de două ori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twee keer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

två gånger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

to ganger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of twice

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWICE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of twice
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «twice».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about twice

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «TWICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word twice.
1
Lord Acton
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
2
Nonso Anozie
As soon as I started acting in England, I got unusual roles. Although I'm 6 foot six, and agents might standardly cast me in tough guy roles or the big guy in the back, I've been very blessed to do roles that makes them think twice about how they're gonna cast me.
3
Robert Atkins
You take the healthiest diet in the world, if you gave those people vitamins, they would be twice as healthy. So vitamins are valuable.
4
John Aubrey
I have been in danger of being drowned twice.
5
Ashleigh Banfield
The hardest thing is that I never do anything the same way twice, and when I'm on the air, I'm very unscripted, and I'm very comfortable in that role. So me being scripted is not a comfortable place for me.
6
Judy Blume
I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.
7
Catherine Drinker Bowen
There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
8
Charlotte Bronte
Look twice before you leap.
9
Jonathan Brown
Twice a week I'll run fast quality workouts either on the track or road.
10
Pierce Brown
'Morning Star' is the light that many sailors would use to guide them. But it's also referenced twice in the Bible - once for Lucifer and once for Jesus.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWICE»

Discover the use of twice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to twice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The torrid story of Frank Chambers, the amoral drifter, Cora, the sullen and brooding wife, and Nick Papadakis, the amiable but inconvenient husband, has become a classic of its kind, and established Cain as a major novelist with a spare ...
James M. Cain, 2010
2
Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America
Reveals how social and policy changes are failing to support scientific research in such key areas as climate change, energy and genetics, counseling readers on how to overcome such challenges as political denials and a lack of scientific ...
Shawn Lawrence Otto, 2011
3
Palestine, a Twice-Promised Land: The British, the Arabs & ...
In this book, Isaiah Friedman examines one of the most complex problems that bedeviled Middle East politics in the interwar period, one that still remains controversial.
Isaiah Friedman
4
Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of ...
In this timely book, Alex Lichtenstein reveals the origins of this vicious penal slavery, explains its persistent and widespread popularity among whites, and charts its unhappy contribution to the rebirth of the South in the decades ...
Alex Lichtenstein, 1996
5
Can Love Happen Twice?
Failing to show up after being invited with his friends to talk about his famous love story on a romance-themed radio chat show, Ravin becomes the topic of an emotionally turbulent discussion drawn on his incomplete second book, which ...
Ravinder Singh, 2013
6
Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: Lessons on Love and Life ...
In Never Make the Same Mistake Twice, Nene dishes on her cast mates; takes on the rumors about her past; and shares hard-earned and inspiring life lessons in her fierce, no-nonsense, and irreverent style.
Nene Leakes, 2009
7
Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song
Wren discusses the thorny issues involving congregational singing today: the indispensable nature of public worship; contemporary worship music; the lyrics of different types of congregational songs, such as choruses, hymns, chants and ...
Brian A. Wren, 2000
8
Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death
This text traces the discourse since 1970 that contributed to the locating of a new criterion of death in the brain.
Margaret M. Lock, 2002
9
You Only Live Twice
'You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face' Doctor Guntram Shatterhand's Garden of Death is a magnet for suicides from all over Japan.
Ian Fleming, 2012
10
Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country
An authoritative history of Yugoslavia with a new chapter on the ethnic wars in Croatia and Bosnia, and Kosovo.
John R. Lampe, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term twice is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dominican Resort Is a Refuge Twice Abandoned
Jardín Deportivo, once a fancy place for tourists seeking an alternative to the all-inclusive Caribbean resort, stands as a relic twice abandoned — and as a ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
The City So Nice They Walked It Twice
A few years ago, William Helmreich, a sociology professor at CUNY, wrote a book called “The New York Nobody Knows.” Helmreich had spent four years ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
3
Prostate cancer twice as likely to kill black men as white men, study …
Black men in England have twice the lifetime risk of both being diagnosed with – and dying from – prostate cancer compared with white men, according to a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
eBay Has Bought Twice, an Online Consignment Shop for Women's …
The e-commerce marketplace has acquired Twice, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz that runs an online consignment shop for women's clothing, ... «Re/code, Jul 15»
5
Apple Could Have Bailed Out Greece---Twice
In other words, Apple could have bailed out Greece twice and still had $2 billion left over. If Apple were a country, and its cash pile was its gross domestic ... «Wired, Jul 15»
6
Co-op customers charged twice for card payments as a result of …
Human error almost certainly resulted in hundreds of thousands of Co-op customers being charged twice for purchases made from its food stores and petrol ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
A Guy Got Struck by Lightning Twice, and His Name Happens to Be …
Is it any wonder his nickname is “Lightning Rod”? Rod Wolfe of Chebanse, Ill., was standing outside his home on June 20 when a tree next to him was hit by a ... «TIME, Jun 15»
8
Review: 'Great Men Die Twice,' a Collection of Sports Reporting by …
“Great Men Die Twice” (the title, from a 1989 Esquire profile of Ali by Mr. Kram, connotes that a man's greatness tends to expire before the man does) includes ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
9
Andre Iguodala Is Reselling His Designer Clothing on Twice
The Warriors' Andre Iguodala has teamed up with online clothing reseller Twice to offer exclusive pieces straight out of the Finals participant's closet. The NBA ... «Complex, Jun 15»
10
Trenton man arrested twice within 48-hour period
TRENTON >> Over the holiday weekend, a city man was arrested twice within a 48-hour period and charged with drug and weapons offenses. Christopher ... «The Trentonian, May 15»
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