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twice (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: twiga]
two times
::He was questioned by police twice yesterday.
twice a day/week/year etc
(=two times in the same day, week etc)
::Letters were delivered twice a week only.
::None of our dinner menus are exactly the same twice over .
two times more, bigger, better etc than something else
twice as many/much (as sth)
::They employ 90 people, twice as many as last year.
twice as high/big/large etc (as sth)
::Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.
twice the size/number/rate/amount etc
::an area twice the size of Britain
-see also once bitten, twice shy at once 1 (19)
-see also once or twice at once 1 (12)
-see also think twice at think 1 (8)