{
    "term": "twice",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "two times; on two occasions",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know him well; I've only met him twice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cows are milked **twice daily**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cows are milked **twice a day**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They go there **twice a week/month/year**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **twice-monthly/yearly** newsletter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to **score twice** in the match."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book has been turned into film **at least twice** before."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "double in quantity, rate, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an area twice the size of Wales"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cats sleep twice as much as people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At 56 he's twice her age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Charges have risen at twice the rate of inflation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an unusual or unpleasant event is not likely to happen in the same place or to the same people twice",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a few times",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know her well, I've only met her once or twice."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to think carefully before deciding to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You should think twice about employing someone you've never met."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not just once but twice",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was enough of the drug in her stomach to kill her twice over."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/twaɪs/",
                "audio": "tw/twice/twice__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/twaɪs/",
                "audio": "tw/twice/twice__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English twiges, from the base of two + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound); compare with once."
}