Definition of twin
1a : either of two offspring produced at a birthb Twins plural : gemini
2 : one of two persons or things closely related to or resembling each other
3 : a compound crystal composed of two adjoining crystals or parts of crystals of the same kind that share a common plane of atoms
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Examples of twin in a Sentence
She's the mother of twins.
The twins went swimming after lunch.
My sister just had twins.
Sarah and her brother are twins.
Recent Examples of twin from the Web
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The books focus on Faith Armstrong, who due to a one-night-stand as a teenager becomes pregnant and is forced by her very strict father to give up her twins.
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Each hypervelocity star was part of a binary system in this dwarf galaxy until its twin exploded.
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George and Amal Clooney's twins have made quite an impressive debut.
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In high school, they were selected for a University of Chicago twins study.
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In a photo made public by Pines police, Joy and her twin daughters Alexia and Kylie, 12, are seen cuddling Sassy outside the police department, as one of the twins cries and leans her head into Sassy’s side.
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Swinton makes another appearance as the twin of the Mirando Corp. head, this time taking her love of using false teeth to a questionable degree.
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The jobless Gru agrees to meet with his twin, a wealthy pig farmer in Freedonia.
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A Valparaiso woman who helped her twin sister arrange a burglary in Kouts where the twin's boyfriend got shot in the leg was sentenced to 20 years on Tuesday.
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Origin and Etymology of twin
Middle English, from twin twofold
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Definition of twin
Recent Examples of twin from the Web
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Holt, for example, has twin children who are nearly 5 years old.
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Cranston plays the title character, a New York lawyer who lives with his wife and twin daughters in the suburbs.
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The twin USB-C ports support Thunderbolt 3 so dual 4K monitors can be hooked up but the laptop itself offers just a full HD (1,920 pixels by 1,080 pixels) resolution panel.
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A-7063 is tattooed on her arm and was her prisoner number at Auschwitz, where Kor and her twin sister were subjected to human experiments conducted by notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.
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The five were on a twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air that crashed about 45 minutes before the Direct Factory Outlet mall in suburban Essendon was to open, Police Minister Lisa Neville said.
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Origin and Etymology of twin
Middle English, twofold, double, from Old English twinn; akin to Old Norse tvinnr two by two, Old English twā two
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Definition of twin
twinned
;twinning
Examples of twin in a Sentence
the twin goals of reducing oil dependence and protecting the environment
First Known Use of twin
14th century
TWIN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of twin for English Language Learners
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: either one of two babies that are born at the same time to the same mother
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: either one of two similar things that form a pair
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Definition of twin for English Language Learners
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: to bring (two things) together in close association
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: to form a relationship between (two towns in two countries)
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Definition of twin for English Language Learners
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—used to describe children who are twins
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: made up of two similar things that are used together
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: forming one of a pair of related or connected ideas or places
TWIN Defined for Kids
Definition of twin for Students
1 : either of two offspring produced at one birth
2 : one of two persons or things closely related to or very like each other On the opposite side of the river is the city's twin.
Definition of twin for Students
1 : born with one other or as a pair at one birth my twin brother
2 : made up of two similar, related, or connected members or parts a twin-engine airplane
3 : being one of a pair Her face was a pasty white with twin spots of rouge on the cheeks. — Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of twin
: born with one other or as a pair at one birth a twin brother twin girls
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Medical Definition of twin
1: either of two offspring produced at a birth
2twins plural : a group of two offspring born at one birth
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