{
    "term": "two",
    "partOfSpeech": "number",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are only two cookies left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "two of Sweden’s top financial experts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ten people were invited but only two turned up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you lend me two dollars?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a two-month contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look at page two."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two and seven is nine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three twos are six."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a two?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bulbs are planted in twos or threes *(= groups of two or three)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We moved to America when I was two *(= two years old)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall we meet at two *(= at two o'clock)*, then?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be unable to decide what you think about somebody/something, or whether to do something or not",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was in two minds about the book *(= I didn't know if I liked it or not)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's in two minds about accepting his invitation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "one or a few days, moments, pounds, etc.",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "May I borrow it for a day or two?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in or into two pieces or halves",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He broke the bar of chocolate in two and gave me half."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "two or three at a time; in small numbers",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "People arrived in twos and threes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very soon",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We’ll be there in a couple of shakes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "one person cannot be completely responsible for something",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can't put all the blame on him. It takes two to make a marriage."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that two people or groups, and not just one, are responsible for something that has happened (usually something bad)",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very poor, stupid, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to guess the truth from what you see, hear, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's inclined to **put two and two together and make five** *(= reaches the wrong conclusion from what he sees, hears, etc.)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "I am in the same position or I agree with you",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I'm tired!’ ‘That makes two of us!’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very common and therefore not valuable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Teachers of history are ten a penny."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tuː/",
                "audio": "tw/two/two__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tuː/",
                "audio": "tw/two/two__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English twā (feminine and neuter) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch twee and German zwei, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek duo. Compare with twain."
}