two

noun

plural twos

1

: a number that is one more than one see Table of Numbers

2

: the second in a set or series

the two of spades

3

: a 2-dollar bill

4

: something having two units or members

Examples of two in a Sentence

It was two in the morning.

Recent Examples on the Web

Boston also finished effectively at the rim (8-for-10) and was efficient on non-paint twos (5-for-8), with Tatum excelling in both areas. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026

Boston ended up outscoring Miami 70-40 on twos, including 58-36 in the paint. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026

The menswear, which will be introduced in the fall, will start with underwear that will be sold in packs of twos or threes. —Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026

By twos and threes grey doves, feathers damp, wake to beat the lightened sky and sip eave dew, their tongues curling in murmur. —Chen Yuhong, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Phrases Containing two

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• a thing or two
• care two hoots
• fall between two stools
• give two hoots
• if/had (two people's) situations been reversed
• in two
• in two minds
• in two shakes
• kill two birds with one stone
• lesser of two evils
• no two ways about it
• number two
• of two minds
• one or two
• one-two
• one-two punch
• put in one's two cents
• put/stick two fingers up at someone
• put two and two together
• serve two masters
• show/teach (someone) a trick or two
• stand on one's own two feet
• that makes two of us
• thirty-two
• twenty-two
• two-bagger
• two-bit
• two bits
• two-by-four
• two by two
• two cents
• two cents' worth
• two-cycle
• two-dimensional
• two-edged
• two-edged sword
• two-faced
• two-factor authentication
• two-family house/dwelling
• two-fisted
• two-footed
• two-handed
• two-hander
• two heads are better than one
• two left feet
• two of a kind
• two-party
• two peas in a pod
• two-phase
• two-piece
• two-piecer
• two-piece suit
• two-ply
• two's company, three's a crowd
• two's complement
• two-seater
• two-sided
• two sides of the same coin
• two-spotted spider mite
• two-step
• two-suiter
• two-tail
• two-tailed
• two-time
• two-toed sloth
• two-tone
• two-toned
• two-way
• two-way mirror
• two-way street
• two-wheeler
• two-winged fly
• two wrongs don't make a right
• went number two

Rhymes for two

• blew
• blue
• boo
• brew
• chew
• chou
• clue
• coo
• coup
• crew
• cue
• dew

Video

Some Odd Words with ISMO: "The One-derful Won"

Comedian ISMO tries to figure out 'one' and 'two'

Kids Definition

two

noun

ˈtü

plural twos

1

: a number that is one more than one see number

2

: the second in a set or series

two adjective or pronoun