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two times

two times

46 1.0
Twice as much or as many
  • adverb
: dos veces
  • Two times the size, three times the speed.
  • two times as likely
  • two times a week
  • one or two times

Then you repeated it two times, once on social media.

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Examples

  • For example, Argentina introduced two times more reforms than Chile, and Guatemala introduced more reforms than Honduras.

    Academic text (2016)

  • By weight, fructose is two times sweeter than sucrose and nearly three times sweeter than glucose.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Apple speak does things two times as well.

  • So we have to add to this two times this term.

  • In the winter, average collection may go down to two times a week.

    Academic text (2001)

  • You will drive around the circle two times.

    Man on Fire (2004)

  • I have been going for tutoring two times a week to help my grades.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Hispanic children were over two times more likely to be poor than Caucasian children.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The inpatient and outpatient visit rate among men was about two times that among women (Table 2).

    Academic text (2012)

  • Apple says the computer will run two times faster than previous models.

Synonyms

twice
vstwo times
∞ 1.0

On two occasions

means the numeric factor rather than repeated occasions
double
vstwo times
∞ 1.0

Twice as large or for two people

focuses only on the numeric factor rather than parts or persons
twofold
vstwo times
4 3.7

Twice as much in amount or degree

expresses the same idea using a short phrase
two-fold
vstwo times
2 4.4

Twice as much or twice as many

expresses the same idea using a short phrase

Antonyms

single
∞ 1.0

For one person or thing, not shared with others

Surface Forms

two times positive
twice positive

Morphology

two + times

The meaning 'by a factor of two; twice' is directly derivable from combining 'two' (the number) with 'times' (indicating multiplication or repetition). This compositional, cross-linguistically common numeric construction (e.g. Spanish 'dos veces', French 'deux fois') follows standard patterns and will be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Two times comes from the simple idea of doing or having something two times — imagine two identical boxes side by side. So, two times means 'twice as much' or 'double'.