Definitions

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  • prefix A prefix meaning "two" or "double", same as bi-.
  • prefix A prefix meaning "in two", "by two", "partially", or "half-way"

Etymologies

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Partly from two, and partly from an alteration (due to two) of twi- ("two-, double-, in two"), from Middle English twi-, from Old English twi- ("two-"). More at twi-.

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Examples

  • In the space known as the undercroft, classrooms equipped with low plastic banquet tables and tiny chairs are littered with toys, crayons, and construction paper, as volunteer teachers prepare activities and lessons for their two- to twelve-year-old charges.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • “He needs two- to three-point leads, not deficits,” he explained.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • We drive into the Colonia Zapata Vela, in the eastern borough of Iztacalco, not far from the airport and under the pathway of the landing jets, to a narrow concrete street lined with two- and three-story houses.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Mahindra Aerospace, which has a contract with National Aeronautics to make two- to five-seat planes, will manufacture, along with the two Australian firms, 475 aircraft in the two-to-twenty-seater range in the next five years.

    Mahindra Aerospace Seeks Tech Partner Shally Seth Mohile of Mint 2011

  • The official name was the William Mead Housing Project, and it housed four hundred fifty cookie-cutters that stood back to back in bleak uniformity; two- and three-story brick blocks painted tan-red with a thick white-painted band separating each floor.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • With one reporter, Lowe had used the argument that it was worth two or three points, and regretted doing so when he began to worry polls might soon show Morrison with a two- to three-point lead in some of the battlegrounds.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Given the two- to three-month lag between higher market prices and the impact on Alcoa's bottom line, the second quarter looks as though it will be another strong one for the metals giant.

    Alcoa to Show If It Has Picked Up Metal's Shine Robert Guy Matthews 2011

  • For years, young renters eager to live in Manhattan had used these partitions to transform large one-bedrooms into spaces for two people, or turned two- into three-bedroom apartments.

    Rents on the Rise Again Craig Karmin 2011

  • The week's auctions were not stellar—the government had to pay up to find homes for its two-, five- and seven-year notes—but they allowed bond prices to rise leading into Friday's key nonfarm payrolls report.

    Treasurys Break Their Losing Streak Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2011

  • It was the best thing Apl could have said in the circumstances, because he said it at a period when many addicts cave in: that two- or three-month danger period where a relapse stalks you the most intensely.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

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