twice

twice
twice [twaıs] adv, predeterminer
[: Old English; Origin: twiga]
1.) 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 .
2.) 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
→once bitten, twice shy at ↑once1 (19)
→once or twice at ↑once1 (12)
→think twice at ↑think1 (8)

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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