TWOSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twosome mean? 

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

1. two items of the same kind

2. a pair who associate with one another

  Familiarity information: TWOSOME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWOSOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two items of the same kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke

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

2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)

Meronyms (parts of "twosome"):

fellow; mate (one of a pair)

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

doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pair who associate with one another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

couple; duet; duo; twosome

Context example:

an inseparable twosome

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

pair (two people considered as a unit)

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

same-sex marriage (two people of the same sex who live together as a family)

 Context examples 

The Sun rules your partnerships, so I am wondering if you will offer the services of both you and a recommended partner as part of a twosome package. (Such a package might be on offer to a company with the ability to hire you, as a VP creative director, for example, along with your favorite, award-winning VP writer.) Lots of people offer a company a partnership like this, and it is a good idea.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)