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# twins

«twins» in Mova's school dictionary: **two children born to the same mother at the same birth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural (twins; singular: a twin); adjective (twin beds, twin towns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Twins are two children born to the same mother at the same birth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#m1)

2) Identical twins come from one egg that splits, so they look almost the same; non-identical (fraternal) twins come from two eggs and may be a boy and a girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#m2)

3) Twin (adjective) means one of a matching pair: «twin beds», «twin towers». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#m3)

4) Twin towns or sister cities are towns in different countries that are friends and visit each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, twins help explain inheritance: identical twins have the same genes, but they still have different fingerprints and personalities. In maths, twins have the same age, and «twin primes» are primes that differ by 2 (like 11 and 13). In stories twins are often swapped or mistaken for each other. Phrases: «identical twins», «twin brother», «twin sister».

### examples

- Sam and Lily are twins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x1)
- My twin brother was born ten minutes before me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x2)
- Identical twins can be hard to tell apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x3)
- The twins have different fingerprints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x4)
- We stayed in a room with twin beds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x5)
- Our town is twinned with a town in France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x6)
- Twins have the same birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x7)
- “And we are your children,” cried the twins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/#x8)

### note

Singular: a twin («she is a twin», «my twin»). Three babies: triplets; four: quadruplets. Myth: identical twins are exactly the same person — they are two separate people with their own minds. Maths: if twins are 9, together their ages add to 18.

### In the corpora

- [Twins are two babies from one pregnancy; identical twins come from one egg that split, so they look alike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/19/)
- [Tamarins and marmosets usually have twins, and the father and older brothers and sisters carry the babies most of the time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/9/)
- [Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/13/)
- [Twins Mia and Maya in Toronto swapped hoodies to confuse the teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/21/)
- [«Watch the twins while I nip to the shop,» says Mum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «twins» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twins/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.