two
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
How often you will meet it
Rank 96 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 262,485 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.125% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number also: 2, II, deuce
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots also: deuce
adjective
- being one more than one also: 2, ii he received two messages
two in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They could see the two ponies hitched at the front gate.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Dr. Grey had only two, his own sister and his late wife's.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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I was promised two pupils if I would take a house somewhere on this coast.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Two days ago he had met the girl here with Brant, and she had stopped and shaken hands.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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We in our madness have separated the two, and have invented a realism that is vulgar, an ideality that is void.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1