twin
verb/twɪn/
/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/ |
- [usually passive] twin something (with something) to make a close relationship between two towns or areas
- Oxford is twinned with Bonn in Germany.
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- 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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