two — Englisches Wörterbuch

Numerale

1. A numerical value equal to 2; the number following one and preceding three.

   Beispiele

   Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.

2. Describing a set or group with two elements.

   Beispiele

   “[…]The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   The surveillance program includes at least 480 LPRs that scan and record about 16.2 million vehicles per week and stores that data for two years, he wrote in the court filing.

Substantiv

1. The digit/figure 2.

   Beispiele

   The number 2202 contains three twos.

   In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes. […] The number has 2 twos.

2. A two-dollar bill.

   Gebrauch

   • US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
   • informell

3. A child aged two.

   Beispiele

   This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.

4. A playing card featuring two pips.

   Synonyme

   deuce

5. Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.

Adjektiv

1. being one more than one

   Synonyme

   ii

   Beispiele

   he received two messages

Substantiv

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

   Synonyme

   IIdeuce

   Oberbegriffe

   digitfigure

2. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

   Synonyme

   deuce

   Oberbegriffe

   playing card