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BNC: 22146 COCA: 33929

twain

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
twain /ˈtweɪn/ noun
twain
/ˈtweɪn/
noun
Learner's definition of TWAIN
[noncount] old-fashioned
: two

never the twain shall meet

used to say that two things, places, etc., are very different and can never be brought together or made similar二者永远合不到一起;泾渭分明
BNC: 22146 COCA: 33929

twain

1 of 3

noun

1
: two
2

twain

2 of 3

pronoun

: two
especially : two fathoms
mark twain

twain

3 of 3

adjective

archaic
: two

Example Sentences

Noun I like rap and my parents like country music, and never the twain shall meet in our house.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Sports are sports and real life is real life and never the twain shall meet. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 31 May 2022 But never the twain did meet until college became the country’s sole (respectable, reliable) pathway to economic advancement. Ryan Craig, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 Ne’er shall the twain between classical music and jazz meet. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022 America is beset by tribalism, a poisonous partisanship: red camp, blue camp, and never the twain shall meet. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2021 Monday night's season 2 finale of the TNT science fiction show Snowpiercer saw the titular train split in twain, much to the anger of Sean Bean's villainous Mr. Wilford. Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2021 Harris, as the nation’s first vice president who is Black, as well as South Asian and female, will be under particular pressure to make the twain meet. Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021 The twains of the have and have-nots, blacks and whites, privileged and oppressed still vow to never meet. Dallas News, 2 June 2020 Reuters/Will Dunham Few topics arouse the passions of Americans like god and government and whether the twain shall meet. Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Old English twēgen — more at two

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Pronoun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of twain was before the 12th century
BNC: 22146 COCA: 33929

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