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twinning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
twin-ning
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of twin

noun

The act of producing twins.

noun

The act of giving birth to twins.

noun

The pairing of similar objects (such as towns).

noun

The formation of twin crystals.

noun

A type of identity transformation where a subject transforms into a copy or clone of someone else.

noun

The conversion of a road into a dual carriageway.

adj

Producing two offspring from one pregnancy.

Etymology

From twin + -ing.

Inflected Forms

twinnings (plural)

Phrases

crystal twinning polysynthetic twinning town twinning

Frequently Paired Words

gemination twining

Synonyms

biparous

Questions

What does twinning mean?
present participle and gerund of twin
Where does twinning come from?
From twin + -ing.

How to pronounce twinning

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