two dozen

tu ˈdʌzən

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Definition of two dozen - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

quantitythe number twenty-four

I bought two dozen eggs for the party.
She baked two dozen cookies for the bake sale.
The farmer sold two dozen apples at the market.

twenty-four

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Expressions with two

turn two

reach the age of two years

My niece will turn two next month.

two bits

small amount or portion

She only had two bits of information about the event.

two cents

personal opinion or thoughts, often shared humbly

Let me add my two cents to the discussion.

big two

two leading entities in a field

The big two in tech are competing fiercely.

in two places at once

adv.

simultaneously in two different locations

She felt like she needed to be in two places at once.

no two people think alike

exp.

people have unique ways of thinking

In the meeting, it was clear that no two people think alike.

Expressions with dozen

dime a dozen

adj.

very common and easy to find

In this city, coffee shops are dime a dozen.

baker's dozen

thirteen of something, originally referring to an extra item given by bakers

He ordered a dozen bagels and received a baker's dozen..

by the dozen

adv.

in groups of twelve

The factory produces toys by the dozen.

half a dozen

the number six in a casual context

I bought half a dozen eggs.

half-dozen

adj.

describing a quantity of six items

We bought a half-dozen eggs.

per dozen

adv.

for each group of twelve

The eggs are sold per dozen.

a dime a dozen

adj.

very common and easily found

Those souvenirs are a dime a dozen in this city.

cheaper by the dozen

adj.

costing less when bought in large quantities

These apples are cheaper by the dozen.

twenty to the dozen

adv.

very quickly or rapidly

He was talking twenty to the dozen about his new project.

nineteen to the dozen

adv.

very quickly or rapidly

She was talking nineteen to the dozen.

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twenty-four

quantity

number equal to two dozen

twenty-four

collection

group made up of two dozen items

twenty-four

adj.

quantity

consisting of two dozen parts or units

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French:vingt-quatre, ...
German:zwei Dutzend, ...
Italian:due dozzine, ...
Spanish:dos docenas, ...
Portuguese:duas dúzias, ...
Chinese:两打, ...
Japanese:2ダース, ...
Arabic:أَرْبَعَة وَعِشْرُون, ...
Hebrew:שְׁתֵּי תְּרֵיסַר, ...
Russian:два десятка, ...
Ukrainian:два десятки, ...
Hindi:दो दर्जन, ...
Bengali:চব্বিশ, ...
Catalan:dues dotzenes, ...
Czech:dva tucty, ...
Danish:to dusin, ...
Dutch:twee dozijn, ...
Greek:δύο ντουζίνες, ...
Hungarian:két tucat, ...
Khmer:ពីរដប់ពីរ, ...
Korean:두 다스, ...
Persian:دو جین, ...
Polish:dwa tuziny, ...
Portuguese (BR):duas dúzias, ...
Romanian:două duzini, ...
Swedish:två dussin, ...
Thai:สองโหล, ...
Turkish:iki düzine, ...
Vietnamese:hai tá, ...

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