1
: on two occasions
twice absent
2
: two times : in doubled quantity or degree
twice two is four
twice as much
Examples of twice in a Sentence
I only wore it twice.
He has rehearsals twice a month.
He twice lost to younger opponents.
We visited them twice in 10 years.
The dictionary has been twice updated since 1993.
I've been there at least twice.
He must be twice her age.
The population is twice that of Canada.
The new one costs about twice as much.
He could earn twice his present salary at the new job.
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Mora scored twice against Spain to rescue a draw in the group stage, first skipping into the box after a nutmeg and a neat one-two and curling into the corner before a snapshot volley at the far post.
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Girls soccer Quinn Anderson scored twice as Sandwich (11-4-3) defeated Nantucket 5-2 in nonleague action.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
Following a two-week international break, Pellegrino started at Portland last week and scored twice more in a 4-0 shellacking that gave SDFC the Western Conference title.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Girls soccer Quinn Anderson scored twice as Sandwich (11-4-3) defeated Nantucket 5-2 in nonleague action.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
Following a two-week international break, Pellegrino started at Portland last week and scored twice more in a 4-0 shellacking that gave SDFC the Western Conference title.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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