twin

  • 21twin — in·ter·twin·ing·ly; twin; twin·berry; twin·dle; twin·er; twin·gle; twin·kler; twin·kling; twin·kly; twin·ly; twin·ner; twin·ship; twin·kle; twin·ter; …

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  • 22twin — twin1 /twin/, n., adj., v., twinned, twinning. n. 1. either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth. 2. either of two persons or things closely related to or closely resembling each other. 3. See twin bed. 4. Also called …

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  • 23twin — twin1 [ twın ] noun count ** one of two children born at the same time to the same mother. Twins of the same sex who look exactly like each other are called identical twins. Twins that are not identical are called fraternal twins: twin… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24twin — [[t]twɪ̱n[/t]] ♦♦♦ twins, twinning, twinned 1) N COUNT: oft N n If two people are twins, they have the same mother and were born on the same day. Sarah was looking after the twins... I think there are many positive aspects to being a twin... She… …

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  • 25twin — 1 noun (C) one of two children born at the same time to the same mother: My brother and I look so alike that people often think we are twins. | twin sister/brother/daughters etc: Meet my twin sister. see also: identical twin, Siamese twin 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26twin — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ identical, monozygotic (technical) ▪ dizygotic (technical), fraternal, non identical ▪ conjoined, S …

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  • 27Twin — One of two children produced in the same pregnancy and born during the same birth process. Twins can develop from one ovum (egg) or from two ova (eggs): {{}}Twins from one ovum: Twins that develop from a single ovum are called monozygotic. They… …

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  • 28twin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. double, twofold; fraternal, identical; like. See similarity, numeration. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. identical, fellow, twofold, second, accompanying, joint, coupled, matched, copied, duplicating;… …

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  • 29twin — 01. He has a [twin] brother, but they don t look very much alike. 02. Our city has [twin] cities in Japan and China. 03. I can t go out tonight because I have to baby sit the [twins]. 04. The [twin] towers of the Trade Center were visible from… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 30twin — I UK [twɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms twin : singular twin plural twins ** one of two children born at the same time to the same mother. Twins of the same sex who look exactly like each other are called identical twins. Twins that are not… …

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