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   twin

   /twɪn/

   noun

   • 1. one of two children or animals born at the same birth: "experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins" Similar identical twinsnon-identical twinsfraternal twinsmonozygotic/monozygous twinsdizygotic/dizygous twinsSiamese twins
   • ▪ a person or thing that is exactly like another: "there was a bruise on his cheek, a twin to the one on mine" Similar exact likenessmirror imagedoubleduplicatecarbon copyreplica(living) imagelookalikeclonecounterpartmatchpairfellowmatepartnerDoppelgängerinformal:spitting imagespit and imageringerdead ringer
   • ▪ the zodiacal sign or constellation Gemini.
   • 2. something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts.
   • ▪ a twin-bedded room: "the hotel has 54 rooms, of which 4 are twins"
   • ▪ a twin-engined aircraft.
   • ▪ a twinned crystal.

   adjective

   • 1. forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth: "she gave birth to twin boys"
   • ▪ forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair: "the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration" Similar matchingidenticalmatchedpairedclosely relatedclosely linkedclosely connectedcorrespondingparallelcomplementaryequivalenttwofolddoubledual
   • ▪ growing in pairs: "twin seed leaves"
   • ▪ (of a bedroom) containing two single beds: "we have twin and three-bedded rooms"
   • ▪ (of a crystal) twinned.

   verb

   • 1. link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange: British "the Russian city of Kostroma is twinned with Durham"
   • ▪ link; combine: British "the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling"

   Word Origin late Old Englishtwinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTWIN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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     TWIN translations: gêmeo, gêmea, gêmeo/-ea...

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   noun. either of two persons or animals conceived at the same time. ( as modifier ) See also identical fraternal. a twin brother. either of two persons or things that are identical or very similar; counterpart. ( as modifier ) twin carburettors.

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6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTWIN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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7. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › twinMeaning of twin – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of twin as a noun, adjective and verb, with examples of usage and translations. A twin is one of two children born at the same time, or two similar things that are a pair.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › twinTwin - definition of twin by The Free Dictionary

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   A twin is one of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy, or one of two similar or identical people, animals, or things. Learn more about the different types of twins, the origin of the word, and the related terms and expressions.

9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TwinTwin - Wikipedia

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   The human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 9.4 to 16.7 twin sets (18.8 to 33.3 twins) per 1,000 births. [5] The Yoruba people have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, [6] [7] [8] possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may ...