two

two
two [ tu ] number ***
the number 2
put two and two together
to guess what is happening or what something means based on what you have seen or heard
that makes two of us INFORMAL
used for telling someone that you are in the same situation they are:
I don't have any money left. Well, that makes two of us.
two wrongs don't make a right
used for saying that you should not react to someone's wrong behavior by doing something wrong yourself

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Two — (t[=oo]), a. [OE. two, twa, properly fem. & neut., twei, twein, tweien, properly masc. (whence E. twain), AS. tw[=a], fem. & neut., tw[=e]gen, masc., t[=u], neut.; akin to OFries. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem. & neut., OS. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Two-up — is a traditional Australian gambling game, involving a designated Spinner throwing two coins into the air. Players gamble on whether the coins will fall with both heads up, both tails up, or with one coin a head, and one a tail (known as Odds ).… …   Wikipedia

  • Two — Two, n. 1. The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii. [1913 Webster] {In two}, asunder; into parts; in halves; in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • two — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, CUT BOTH WAYS or CUT TWO WAYS, HAVE TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE, IN TWO, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT, PUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • two — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, CUT BOTH WAYS or CUT TWO WAYS, HAVE TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE, IN TWO, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT, PUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • two — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to Old English twēgen two (masculine), tū (neuter), Old High German zwēne, Latin duo, Greek dyo Date: before 12th century 1. being one more than one… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Two to Go — Infobox Television episode Title=Two to Go Series=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season=6 Episode=21 Airdate=May 21, 2002 Production=6ABB21 Writer=Douglas Petrie Director=Bill L. Norton Guests=Danny Strong (Jonathan) Tom Lenk (Andrew) Jeff Kober (Rack) …   Wikipedia

  • Two and a Half Men — Genre Sitcom Created by Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn …   Wikipedia

  • Two-factor authentication — (TFA, T FA or 2FA) is an approach to authentication which requires the presentation of two different kinds of evidence that someone is who they say they are. It is a part of the broader family of multi factor authentication, which is a defense in …   Wikipedia

  • Two-photon excitation microscopy — is a fluorescence imaging technique that allows imaging of living tissue up to a very high depth, that is up to about one millimeter. Being a special variant of the multiphoton fluorescence microscope, it uses red shifted excitation light which… …   Wikipedia

  • Two-body problem — Two bodies with similar mass orbiting around a common barycenter with elliptic orbits. In classical mechanics, the two body problem is to determine the motion of two point particles that interact only with each other. Common examples include a… …   Wikipedia

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