Topic: NUMBERS
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | twiga |
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twice
1HMN two times : He was questioned by police twice yesterday.
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.
Letters were delivered twice a week only.2 two times more, bigger, better etc than something else
twice as high/big/large etc (as something) Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.
Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.