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TWO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("two" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("two" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "two"):
craps; snake eyes (expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot)
brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke (two items of the same kind)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being one more than one
Example:
he received two messages
Synonyms:
2; ii; two
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
I understand that they are the very two—Ataca and Ipetu by name—who accompanied Professor Challenger upon his previous journey.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There are two main types of bronchitis: acute and chronic.
(Acute Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Two hansoms were standing at the door, and as I entered the passage I heard the sound of voices from above.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There are two variants: the typical and microgranular variant.
(Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12); PML-RARA, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Would it not seem dangerous to you to make so very close a relation between the two incidents?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh, no; I am much obliged to you, our two dances are over; and, besides, I am tired, and do not mean to dance any more.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Cancer that forms in the tissues of the adrenal glands (two glands located just above the kidneys).
(Adrenal cancer, NCI Dictionary)
One of two veins (inferior or superior) that returns deoxygenated blood from the intestines.
(Mesenteric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A term describing a soft tissue tumor which consists of two or more mesenchymal lines of differentiation, excluding a fibroblastic line of differentiation.
(Mesenchymoma, NCI Thesaurus)
I had four, but two were killed, one is a prisoner, and I'm going to the other, who is very sick in a Washington hospital.' he answered quietly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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