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in two ways

in two ways

10 2.8
By two different methods or for two reasons
  • idiom
translation icon : de dos maneras
  • So team, the getting new customers comes in two ways, marketing and sales, right?
  • function in two ways
  • occur in two ways
  • analyze in two ways

It's these extra chemicals that act in two ways to really harm us.

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Examples

  • Assessing the severity of heart failure can be done in two ways:

    Academic text (2011)

  • The issue of control in the production of texts applies in two ways to this play.

    Academic text (1990)

  • American families responded to these changes in two ways: By working longer hours and by going into debt.

    Inside Job (2010)

  • Hence, we add to the existing body of knowledge on geography and sport in two ways.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Values at this level are justified in two ways: those based upon consequences and those based upon consensus.

    Academic text (1991)

  • We examined residential EE programs in two ways that differ from previous studies.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Interrater agreement was calculated in two ways: adjacent category and exact agreement.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Wage-earning became intertwined with public aid in two ways: through the law and through denied eligibility.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Binding the obi, however, differs from the previous ones in two ways: it is both tighter and more decorative.

    Academic text (1999)

  • American families responded to these changes in two ways: by working longer hours and by going into debt.

Synonyms

doubly
vsin two ways
33 3.2

Two times as much

focuses on different methods or aspects rather than greater intensity
dually
vsin two ways
1 6.1

In a way that has two roles at the same time

can mean using a pair of different methods or reasons not necessarily together

Antonyms

single-mindedly
1 5.6

With strong focus on one goal, ignoring other things

How Many

multifariously
  • Formal
9.0
in two ways
10 2.8

Surface Forms

in two ways positive

Morphology

in + two + way

The meaning 'in a manner involving two different methods or aspects' is directly and compositionally derived from the preposition 'in' + numeral 'two' + noun 'ways' (manner/method). This simple prepositional + numeral + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

The phrase in two ways comes from the simple image of a road that goes in two different ways, so something can happen along two separate paths. So, it means 'in two different methods or for two reasons'.