TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two mean? 

• TWO (noun)
  The noun TWO has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

2. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

  Familiarity information: TWO used as a noun is rare.

• TWO (adjective)
  The adjective TWO has 1 sense:

1. being one more than one

  Familiarity information: TWO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

2; deuce; II; two

Hypernyms ("two" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "two"):

craps; snake eyes (expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot)

brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke (two items of the same kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

deuce; two

Hypernyms ("two" is a kind of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

• TWO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than one

Synonyms:

2; ii; two

Context example:

he received two messages

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

"We will carry you," replied the King, and no sooner had he spoken than two of the Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Two years after this event Caroline became his wife.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“Such sweet lines!” continued Harriet—“these two last!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“Yes,” Mugridge was saying, an’ wot does ’is worship do but give me two years in Reading.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Before they saw the cause, the two men saw him turn and start to run back toward them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

There were in fact but two years between the youngest and Fanny.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She was a woman rather of sound than of quick abilities, whose difficulties in coming to any decision in this instance were great, from the opposition of two leading principles.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He could hide it under his two hands.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

There were one or two questions——

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was the tallow-faced man, wanting two fingers, who had come first to the Admiral Benbow.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)