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{
"source": "Thesaurus:twice",
"word": "once"
}
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "a broken clock is right twice a day"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "any day of the week and twice on Sunday"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "any day of the week and twice on Sundays"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "a stopped clock is right twice a day"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "at twice"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "even a stopped clock is right twice a day"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "every day of the week and twice on Sunday"
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{
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"word": "every day of the week and twice on Sundays"
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"word": "first cousin twice removed"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hit the ball twice"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "I don't boil my cabbage twice"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "I don't chew my cabbage twice"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lightning does not strike twice in the same place"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place"
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"word": "lightning never strikes twice"
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"word": "lightning never strikes twice in the same place"
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"word": "measure twice and cut once"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "money won is twice as sweet as money earned"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "once a man, twice a boy"
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{
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"word": "once a man, twice a child"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "once a woman, twice a child"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "once or twice"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "opportunity seldom knocks twice"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "strike twice"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "think twice"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice as less"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-baked bread"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-exceptional"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-exceptionality"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-laid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice removed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-stabbed stink bug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-told"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-weekly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twice-yearly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "you can't step in the same river twice"
}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "twise"
},
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "twies"
},
"expansion": "Middle English twies",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "twiȝes"
},
"expansion": "twiȝes",
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{
"args": {
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"3": "twīġes",
"4": "",
"5": "twice"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "twīġa"
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"expansion": "twīġa",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "twie",
"3": "",
"4": "twice"
},
"expansion": "twie (“twice”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "\"twice\"; whence Middle English <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"enm\">twie</i> (“twice”)"
},
"expansion": "(\"twice\"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”))",
"name": "gloss"
},
{
"args": {
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"pos": "adverbial genitive ending"
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"expansion": "-es (adverbial genitive ending)",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "twäie",
"3": "",
"4": "twice"
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"expansion": "Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "twiges"
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"expansion": "Middle Low German twiges",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "twies",
"3": "",
"4": "twice"
},
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "zwies",
"3": "",
"4": "twice"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German zwies (“twice”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twiȝes, from Old English twīġes (“twice”), from twīwa, twīġa (\"twice\"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”)) + -es (adverbial genitive ending). Related to Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”), Middle Low German twiges, twies (“twice”), Middle High German zwies (“twice”). Compare also twi- meaning two or both.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "-"
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"expansion": "twice (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:twice",
"word": "often"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:twice",
"word": "sometimes"
}
],
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"pos": "adv",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "once"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "thrice"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "two-time"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:twice",
"word": "frequency"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "96 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Time",
"orig": "en:Time",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Two",
"orig": "en:Two",
"parents": [
"Numbers",
"All topics",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You should brush your teeth twice a day.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1824, Lord Byron, “Canto the Thirteenth”, in Don Juan",
"text": "I've done with my tirade. The world was gone; / The twice two thousand, for whom earth was made, / Were vanish'd to be what they call alone",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1934, J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie (lyrics and music), “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”",
"text": "Santa Claus is coming to town / He’s making a list, / And checking it twice, / He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice / Santa Claus is coming to town",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Two times."
],
"id": "en-twice-en-adv-1nKGRiVs",
"links": [
[
"Two",
"two"
],
[
"time",
"time"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "marratayn",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "مَرَّتَيْن"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "marratēn",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "مرتين"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ajp",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "marrtēn",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"South-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "مرتين"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "erku angam",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "երկու անգամ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "erkicʿs",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "երկիցս"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "tartēn gāhē",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "div wech"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dva pǎti",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "два пъти"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvaž",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "дваж"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dos cops"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dues vegades"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "makaduha"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "kaduha"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "hitokla'"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "兩次"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liǎng cì",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "两次"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liǎng bèi",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "两倍"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "ōppa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dvakrát"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "to gange"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "twee keer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tweemaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dufoje"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "kaks korda"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "xfa",
"lang": "Faliscan",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "pis (pis)"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "kaksi kertaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "kahdesti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "deux fois"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "dúas veces"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "orǯer",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "ორჯერ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "zweimal"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "doppelt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dis",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "δις"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dís",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "δίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "duákis",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "δυάκις"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pa'amáyim",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "פעמיים \\ פַּעֲמַיִם"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sh'téi p'amím",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dogunā",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "दोगुना"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dugnā",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "दुगना"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dohrā",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "दोहरा"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "duknā",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "दुकना"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "kétszer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "duplán"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dupla"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tvisvar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tvívegis"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "faoi dhó"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dhá uair"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "due volte"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "にど",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nido",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "二度"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "にかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "for frequency",
"roman": "nikai",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "二回"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "にばい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "for scale ratio",
"roman": "nibai",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "二倍"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dubeon",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "두번"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dûcar",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "دووجار"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "bis"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "divreiz"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "divas reizes"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "du kartus"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dukart"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "zweemol"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dua kali"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "iraṭṭi",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "ഇരട്ടി"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "raṇṭutavaṇa",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "രണ്ടുതവണ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "juwenggeri",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠩᡤᡝᡵᡳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "taurua"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "twie"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "twies"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "to ganger"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tweowa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dobâr",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "دوبار"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tweemol"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dwukrotnie"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "duas vezes"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "duplamente"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dváždy",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "два́жды"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dva ráza",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "два ра́за"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dvis",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "द्विस्"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dà uair"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "два́пут"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "dváput"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dvakrát"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dvakrat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dos veces"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "doblemente"
},
{
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "raṇṭutavaṇa",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "രണ്ടുതവണ"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "juwenggeri",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠩᡤᡝᡵᡳ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "taurua"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "twie"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "twies"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "to ganger"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tweowa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dobâr",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "دوبار"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "tweemol"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dwukrotnie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "duas vezes"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "duplamente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dváždy",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "два́жды"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dva ráza",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "два ра́за"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dvis",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "द्विस्"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dà uair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "два́пут"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "two times",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "dváput"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dvakrát"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dvakrat"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dos veces"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "doblemente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "två gånger"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "makalawa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dviči",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "двічі"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "dwywaith"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "two times",
"word": "kabili"
}
],
"word": "twice"
}
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