twin

noun

/twɪn/

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one of two children born at the same time to the same mother
- She's expecting twins.
- If you're carrying (= expecting) twins or triplets, that can put you at risk.
- I'm 5 months pregnant with twins.
Collocations Children
ChildrenHaving a baby/child
- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
see also conjoined twin, dizygotic twin, fraternal twin, identical twin, monozygotic twin, non-identical twin, Siamese twin
Extra Examples
- His long-lost twin was searching for him.
- I was the older twin.
- My sister had twins.
- The twins were separated at birth.
- adult twins who were raised apart
- the plot device of giving a character an evil twin
Topics Holidaysa2, Family and relationshipsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- identical
- monozygotic
- dizygotic
- …
… of twins
- pair
- set
verb + twin
- be carrying
- be pregnant with
- expect
- …
twin + noun
- boys
- girls
- daughters
- …
See full entry
one of two similar things that make a pair
- The plate was one of a pair but I broke its twin.

Word Originlate Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

twin

adjective

/twɪn/

[only before noun]

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used to describe one of a pair of children who are twins
- a twin brother/sister
- twin daughters/sons
- twin boys/girls
used to describe two things that are used as a pair
- a ship with twin propellers
used to describe two things that are connected, or present or happening at the same time
- The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and rehabilitation.

Word Originlate Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

twin

verb

/twɪn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they twin	/twɪn/ /twɪn/
he / she / it twins	/twɪnz/ /twɪnz/
past simple twinned	/twɪnd/ /twɪnd/
past participle twinned	/twɪnd/ /twɪnd/
-ing form twinning	/ˈtwɪnɪŋ/ /ˈtwɪnɪŋ/

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[usually passive] twin something (with something) to make a close relationship between two towns or areas
- Oxford is twinned with Bonn in Germany.
twin something (with something) to join two people or things closely together
- The opera twins the themes of love and death.

Word Originlate Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

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