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twin

UK/twɪn/ US/tʰw̥ɪn/ common slang us
noun (4) adjective (2) verb (4)

noun

1.

either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

2.

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini

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adjective

1.

being two identical

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2.

very similar

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verb

1.

duplicate or match

  • “The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse”
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2.

bring two objects, ideas, or people together

  • “This fact is coupled to the other one”
  • “Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?”
  • “The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project”
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3.

grow as twins

  • “twin crystals”
4.

Origin

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (“double/two each, twin”), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).

Phrases

  • Big Jim and the twins
  • Catholic twin
  • Catholic twins
  • conjoined twin
  • digital twin
  • evil twin
  • identical twin
  • Irish twin
  • sister city
  • twin bed
  • twin city
  • twin crystal

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