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The number after one; the quantity written as 2.
"She ordered two coffees, one for herself and one for her colleague."
"There are two sides to every story."
How to Use Two
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe basic counting number 2.
Common mistake
Don't confuse the spelling with "to" (a preposition) or "too" (meaning "also" or "excessively").
Common pairings
the two of us
two by two
in two minds
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Etymology
From Old English twā, going back through Germanic to the ancient Indo-European root for "two," shared with words like Latin duo and Greek dúo — it is a very old, widely inherited number word.