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TWOSOME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pair who associate with one another

Example:

an inseparable twosome

Synonyms:

couple; duet; duo; twosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("twosome" is a kind of...):

pair (two people considered as a unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twosome"):

same-sex marriage (two people of the same sex who live together as a family)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Two items of the same kind

Synonyms:

brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("twosome" is a kind of...):

2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)

Meronyms (parts of "twosome"):

fellow; mate (one of a pair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twosome"):

doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)

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