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twice | three |

As an adverb twice

is two times.

As a numeral three is

(cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).

As a noun three is

the digit/figure 3.

twice

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Two times.
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  • * 1934 , (Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)
    • Santa Claus is coming to town. / He’s making a list, / And checking it twice , / He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. / Santa Claus is coming to town.
  • (nonstandard, proscribed)
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    Thus it appears that if the machine is turning twice as slow as before, there is more than twice the former quantity in the rising buckets; and more will be raised in a minute by the same expenditure of power.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Domesticated Trout: How to Breed and Grow Them, year=1896, edition=fourth
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    • You can't get anything thinner than a spring shad, unless you take a couple of them, when, of course, they will be twice as thin.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2010, title=Roman Polanski: A Life in Exile, first=Julia, last=Ain-krupa, publisher=ABC-CLIO, page=31
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    • Standing in the lower portion of the boat, he apologizes while Krystyna paces above him, saying that he's just like Andrzej, “only half his age and twice as dumb.”
  • In a doubled quantity or extent.
  • To a doubled degree.

    • Derived terms

    * a broken clock is right twice a day * two-time * twice as small * twice as less

    See also

    * once * thrice English frequency adverbs 1000 English basic words

    three

    English

    (wikipedia three)

    Alternative forms

    * (all obsolete)

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
  • *
    • Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
  • (of a set or group) Having three elements.

    • Related terms

    * third, thrice, triple

    Synonyms

    * (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 3.
  • Anything measuring three units, as length.
    • Put all the threes in a separate container.
  • A person who is three years old.
    • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  • The playing card featuring three pips.

    • Derived terms

    * threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-up

    See also

    * (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *

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