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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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
To date, the Timbers have leased but not owned the Tualatin Hills district land that includes their current indoor training facility, which has been expanded twice since 2015 to its current 27,000 square feet and includes a grass field and synthetic turf.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025
For children under five, the drop in deaths was twice as steep, at 32 percent.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Their infrared sensors capture images over an area of 1,600 nautical miles, beaming down information twice every day.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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