twin
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- B1
A person who was born at the same time as a brother or sister from the same mother.
My twin and I share a birthday but very different tastes.
The twins finished each other's sentences all evening long.
Identical twins can be hard to tell apart at first.
She found out at the scan that she was expecting twins.
Common collocations: identical twins · fraternal twins · twin brother · twin sister · expecting twins · give birth to twins
Part of: Family, Relationships, Life events
Sense 2 · less common
- adjective
- B1
Used about two things of the same kind that belong together or are used as a pair.
We booked a twin room with a view of the harbour.
This small plane has twin engines and climbs surprisingly fast.
Twin towers rise above the entrance to the old town.
Common collocations: twin beds · twin room · twin engines · twin towers · twin sisters
Part of: Accommodation, Furniture, Numbers and quantity
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- C1
To join a town officially with a town in another country so that the two can visit and work together.
Our town is twinned with a small port city abroad.
The council voted to twin the village with a mountain town.
They were twinned after years of school exchanges and joint concerts.
Common collocations: be twinned with · twinned towns · twinning agreement
Sense 4 · less common
- noun
- B2
One of two things that look exactly the same as each other.
That old chair is the twin of mine at home.
The two lamps were twins until one of them broke.
Common collocations: the twin of something
Part of: Shapes and sizes, Numbers and quantity
Forms
- past
- twinned
- plural
- twins
- third_person
- twins
- past_participle
- twinned