query | Twin towns or cities are t______ with each other.Twin towns or cities are twinned with each other. The thirty Germans were visiting their UK twin town. |
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word | twin |
full-definition | noun If two people are twins, they have the same mother and were born on the same day . Sarah was looking after the twins. I think there are many positive aspects to being a twin. She had a twin brother and a younger brother. adjective Twin is used to describe a pair of things that look the same and are close together. ...the twin spires of the cathedral. ...the world's largest twin-engined aircraft. Twin is used to describe two things or ideas that are similar or connected in some way . ...the twin concepts of liberty and equality. Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse. Twin towns or cities are twinned with each other. The thirty Germans were visiting their UK twin town. verb When a place or organization in one country is twinned with a place or organization in another country, a special relationship is formally established between them. My son's state primary school is twinned with a school near Johannesburg. The busy commercial town is twinned with Truro. The twinning of the two towns was formalised at a function held last week. |
inflections | twinstwinningtwinnedtwinning |
cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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