1 two times; on two occasions:
I don't know him well; I've only met him twice. * They go there twice a week / month / year. * a twice-monthly / yearly newsletter
2 double in quantity, rate, etc:
an area twice the size of Wales * Cats sleep twice as much as people. * At 56 he's twice her age. * Charges have risen at twice the rate of inflation.
IDIOMS
twice over not just once but twice:
There was enough of the drug in her stomach to kill her twice over.
moreatLIGHTNINGn., ONCEadv., THINKv.
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