Meanings
prepositional phrase
- set phraseInto two parts.
[S]outherners are expected to vote overwhelmingly to carve Africa's biggest country in two.
2011 January 10, Alex Perry, “Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart?”, in Time, retrieved 23 Jul 20142 more examples
They carry a branch half a day, meaning to do great things with it, and then they snap it in two.
1894 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Kaa’s Hunting”, in The Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published June 1894, →OCLC, page 47[I]f you can cleave it in two with one stroke of your sword, I will give you my daughter to wife.
1900, Andrew Lang, “The Twin Brothers”, in The Grey Fairy Book
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Ancient Greek δίχα
- δίχα (díkha)into two parts
Dutch in tweeën
- in tweeëninto two parts
Finnish kahtia
- kahtiainto two parts
German entzwei
- entzweiinto two parts
Greek στα δύο
- στα δύο (sta dýo)into two parts
Irish leathanach
- leathanachinto two parts
Russian попола́м, напопола́м
- попола́м (popolám)into two parts
- напопола́м (napopolám)into two parts
- на полови́ны (na polovíny)into two parts
Swedish itu
- ituinto two parts
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APA
in two. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20two
MLA
“in two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20two. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in two,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20two.
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