twin
[noun]
Synonyms:
- double, clone, counterpart, duplicate, fellow, likeness, lookalike, match, mate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- pair, couple, join, link, match, yoke

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Contrasted words: independent, separate, dissimilar, unlike
Related Words: bifold, binary, twofold, identical, matched, matching, like, similar

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I. twin¹ /twɪn/ noun [countable]
one of two children born at the same time to the same mother:
The twins are now eight months old.
⇒ identical twin, Siamese twin

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II. twin² adjective [only before noun]
[Language: Old English; Origin: twinn 'double']

1. used to describe one of two children who are twins
twin sister/brother
Meet my twin sister.

2. used to describe two things that happen at the same time and are related to each other:
the twin problems of poverty and unemployment

3. twin room/bedroom a room that contains two single beds:
All the twin rooms have private bathrooms.
⇒ twinset, twin town

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III. twin³ verb (past tense and past participle twinned, present participle twinning) [transitive usually passive]

1. British English to form a relationship between two similar towns in different countries in order to encourage visits between them
twin something with something
Chichester in England is twinned with Chartres in France.

2. to form a relationship between two places, people, or ideas
twin something with something
Dole has been twinned in the history books with his old rival Bush.
⇒ twin town

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

twin
noun
ADJ. identical | fraternal, non-identical | conjoined, Siamese
QUANT. pair a pair of identical twins
VERB + TWIN expect | give birth to, have
TWIN + NOUN boys, girls She had twin girls.
daughters, sons | brother, sister

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