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two | this |
(label) A numerical value equal to ; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. Ordinal: second. This many dots (••).
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Describing a set or group with two components.
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(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
A child aged two.
The playing cards featuring two pips.
The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a ... ".
(Of a unit of time) which is .
To the degree or extent indicated.
The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
(philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
* 2001 , James G. Lennox, Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology (page 151)
(Internet slang)
As a numeral two
is (label) a numerical value equal to ; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one ordinal: second this many dots (••).As a noun two
is the digit/figure 2.As a determiner this is
.two
English
(wikipedia two)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete outside dialects)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two —three—four—on up to sixteen.
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=“[…] The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”}}
Derived terms
* four by two * in two * put two and two together * two-by-four * two-dimensional * two-edged * two-faced * two heads are better than one * two-piece * two-stroke * two-tone * two-way * two-wheelerSee also
*Noun
(en noun)- The number 2202 contains three two s.
- This toy is suitable for the two s and threes.
See also
*Derived terms
* two-up * two's complementSee also
* * * both * couple * double * dual * pair * second * twice * twin * two-Statistics
*this
English
(wikipedia this)Determiner
Derived terms
* thisness *Adverb
(-)- I need this much water.
- We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
Pronoun
(en-pron)- This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars'' — Shakespeare, ''King Lear ,
Act 1. Scene 2.
Noun
(es)- Terms like 'house', 'sphere', 'animal', and 'human' do not refer to other thises distinct from these ones here — they refer to the sort of thing these ones here are.
