Collocations for "twin"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "twin" in context.
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twin
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- has [an identical, a fraternal, a paternal, a maternal] twin
- her [identical] twin
- a set of identical twins
- they are twins
- has a special connection to her twin
- is giving birth to twins
- is pregnant with twins
- is studying twins
- lost her twin [in an accident, at birth]
- the [older, younger] twin
- can't tell the twins apart
- mixed up the twins
- got the twins confused
- look like twins
- I thought they were twins!
- the bed is a twin
- the sheets will fit a twin
- a perfect twin for (another model)
- spent years flying (turbine) twins
- have a twin [brother, sister, sibling]
- an identical twin [brother]
- his fraternal twin [brother]
- a twin pregnancy
- is the twin [town, village, city] (of)
- twin [buildings, towers]
- the twin [armies, forces, problems, challenges]
- a twin [vase, bracelet, peak]
- [book, have] a twin room
- [sleep in, ask for, buy] a twin bed
- a room with twin beds
- a twin (size) bed
- a set of twin sheets
- conduct a twin study
- in the Twin Cities
- the Twin Towers
- twin [strands, baskets, core businesses]
- the [strands] were twinned
- twin a [city, town, region] with another
'twin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):