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two meaning

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  • NounPLtwosPREtwo-
    1. The digit/figure 2.
      1. The number 2202 contains three twos.
    2. (US) INF A two-dollar bill.
      1. A child aged two.
        1. This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
      2. The playing cards featuring two pips.
      3. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Because the brain has two hemispheres, it has two amygdalas; both of the woman's amygdalas were destroyed by the disease, but the rest of her brain was unaffected.
          • By breeding two troglobitic species of the genus Aphaenops, she was able to obtain the first larval instar and observed that it does not feed.
          • “Ben-Hur” and “Spartacus” are two famous sword and sandal films.
        2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
          • Two boys, aged 14 and 11, were each sentenced to three strokes of the light rotan at Kluang for stealing duck eggs from Loh Wee Seng.
          • Two days before the fight, the boxers weigh in with reporters watching.
          • Two canopy-forming trees, Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), and Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia var. integrifolia), are typical of these latter rainforests.
        3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • In both instances this goal toward which the gift is directed dissociates the engifted from the gift, whereas his opponents would identify the two.
          • The screens are connected by chain belts and splocket wheels, so that the bottom screen drives the other two.
          • I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two.

      Meaning of two for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "two" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a numeral.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
          • Numerals
          Difficultness: Level 1
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          Easy     ➨     Difficult
          Definiteness: Level 9
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          Definite    ➨     Versatile
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          3. en two-edged
          4. en two-faced
          5. en two-footed
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