twin
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1.2
- noun
- /twɪn/
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- This phone is a twin of the one I bought last year; they have the same features and design.
This is its twin sister but one is a little bit more pricey.
- This is its twin sister but one is a little bit more pricey.
Examples
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This is its twin sister but one is a little bit more pricey.
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We tried to send something from New Mexico to a twin machine at a lab in New York City.
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It's quite possible, in fact, that this seat and its twin were made for an emperor's private use.
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This is a picture showing twin pairs of dizygotic twins.
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The survey aircraft used in both 1992 and 1993 was a twin-engine DeHavilland Twin Otter.
Academic text (1997) -
The artist created a stunning painting of the lake, and its twin was displayed right next to it.
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The scientist was excited to see two identical samples, each a perfect twin of the other.
Synonyms
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1.0
A paper or file that is the same as the original
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3.6
A close copy of something real, often a famous object or work of art
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4.7
A person who stands in for another, often in movies
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3.2
A copy that is exactly the same as the original
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3.8
A person who looks or acts very like another person
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3.5
The act of making an exact copy or the thing that is copied
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7.4
A person who looks exactly like someone else
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9.8
A ghostly double of a living person, often seen as a bad sign
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4.0
A copy of something made to look exactly like the original
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3.7
Very similar in appearance to another person or thing
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9.9
An informal copy of a file or document kept in case the original is lost
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9.1
An exact copy of an object or person
A person or thing that looks almost the same as another
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.8
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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3.6
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
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7.5
A twin who comes from a different egg and is not identical to the other twin
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7.2
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
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A large airplane with two aisles that divide seats into three sections
How Similar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Twin comes from an old word for two, and it is often used for a very close copy or match. So a 'twin' can be something made or kept to be exactly like another.