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Twin

//twɪn//

Definitions

nountwins · Twins

1
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
Similar
twindle twinling doublet
2
Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
3
A player who plays for the Minnesota Twins.

verbtwins · twinning · twinned

1
To separate, divide.
2
To split, part; to go away, depart.
3
To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.

adj

1
Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.
twin beds, twin socks
2
Forming a pair of twins.
the twin boys

name

1
A town in Marion County, Alabama.

Word Origin

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz...

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