twice

Universal Words adverb 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.