# two

Pronunciation: say "TOO" /tu/

## Numeral

1. The number equal to one plus one, or a quantity of exactly that many people or things.
   - Simple: The number 2, or an amount of exactly 2 people or things.
   - _The committee interviewed two candidates for the position._
   - _Two ships collided in the harbor overnight._

## Noun

2. The digit or figure 2 as a written or printed character.
   - Simple: The written sign 2, used when we write numbers.
   - _His handwritten twos are easy to mistake for sevens._
   - _The license plate ends in a two._
3. The hour of two o'clock, whether a.m. or p.m.
   - Simple: The time of two o'clock, in the early morning or in the afternoon.
   - _Her flight lands at two on Saturday afternoon._
   - _He finally fell asleep around two and slept straight through his alarm._
4. A playing card featuring two pips; the rank-2 card of a suit.
   - Simple: A playing card that shows the number 2 on it.
   - _He split a pair of twos at the blackjack table._
   - _The two of spades was the last card she needed for the run._
5. A child who is two years of age.
   - Simple: A child who is two years old.
   - _As an older two, she was ready to move up to the threes room._
   - _The preschool groups its twos and threes in the same classroom._
6. A United States banknote in the two-dollar denomination. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: A piece of US paper money that is worth two dollars.
   - _He tips with twos because people always remember them._
   - _She found a crisp two tucked inside the old birthday card._

## Other meanings

- (noun) Ellipsis of two shot: a camera shot that frames two people together.

## Origin

From Middle English "two", from Old English "twā", from Proto-Germanic "*twai", from Proto-Indo-European "*dwóh₁". It is related to German "zwei", Dutch "twee", Latin "duō", and Ancient Greek "dúo", and is a doublet of "duo".

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