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Meanings of twin in English

Russian
брат-близнец
Portuguese
gêmeos idênticos
Spanish
gemelo univitelino
Catalan
bessó
Wikidata
f. twin sister

Kinship.

Related terms
брат-близнец
Portuguese
cópia
Catalan
còpia
Spanish
copia

A duplicate copy.

cópia
Portuguese
casar
Catalan
relacionar
Spanish
relacionar

Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.

casar
Portuguese
gêmeos

A person who is born while the sun is in Gemini.

gêmeos
Usage of twin in English
1
Germany and France had long been the twin engines of EU integration.
The Irish Times
2
It had certainly communicated in spirit form to the great twin witches.
Prince Lestat
3
Presley apparently used to talk to his twin in times of distress.
The Guardian
4
The twin forces of competition and Brexit, however, have impacted the lender.
Reuters
5
Better yet, they twin up, which means they always come in pairs.
New Blood
6
The most recent were the twin Grail spacecraft launched two years ago.
The Guardian
7
In fact, All Day would make a great twin-pronged Christmas party soundtrack.
The Guardian
8
His younger twin brothers have serious heart conditions and have undergone surgeries.
Ebony
9
Carelessness is the twin sister of wastefulness; they go hand in hand.
Community Civics and Rural Life
10
The officials said more than 100 were wounded in the twin attacks.
Reuters
11
The backstretch: Churchill Downs's famous twin spires point hopefully to the dawn.
The Irish Times
12
Brian Wolfe and his twin brother are well known special effects artists.
Wired
13
Ms Mertzel too thought it was normal to long for a twin.
News.com.au
14
We are currently roughly 10 quarters into these twin crises, he said.
The Irish Times
15
CNN termed the attack terrorism within two hours of the twin blasts.
Wired
16
And I want to know what has happened to my twin sister.
The Necromancer