twin
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- noun
- /twɪn/
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- My sister and I were identical twins born just a minute apart.
- identical twins
- fraternal twins
- twin birth
And Mark and his brother Matt are twins, and they're the oldest.
- And Mark and his brother Matt are twins, and they're the oldest.
- I made that Madonna adopts twins from Skegness.
- How about with twins that are separated at birth?
- According to her twin, no one could find her.
- Or if they were, they weren't twins, they were brothers.
- But I wanted to call this the twin corner because my dad's a twin.
- Well, when a twins, twins, yes, but adults too.
- But his account of the twins wrong, got it wrong.
Examples
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And Mark and his brother Matt are twins, and they're the oldest.
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I'd like to see my twin daughters, Monique and Unique, again--
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Oh, so that was your twin on the tape.
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So you have a twin?
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How are you and the twins?
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I'm the middle child in a house full of twins.
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These siblings are twins and not step siblings.
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I now pronounce these twin brothers legally married.
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She was pregnant with twins and nobody knew who the father was.
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I'll have Faye come up to watch the twins, and I'll be right down.
Fiction book (1991)
Antonyms
Compounds
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A common name for the two nearby cities Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota, United States
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5.5
A person born physically joined to their identical twin at one or more body parts
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Two identical tall buildings in New York that were destroyed in the 2001 terrorist attacks
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3.1
One of two children born at the same time from different eggs who may look different and be different sexes
- Specialized
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A twin who comes from a different egg and is not identical to the other twin
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A person who has the same genes as their twin because they come from one egg
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One of two twins who develop from the same egg and have the same genes
- Specialized
A large airplane with two aisles that divide seats into three sections
How Many Babies
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4
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587
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6.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Twin comes from an old word for two, meaning 'two together'. So a twin is one of two babies born at the same time.