due

due
due (ant. duo) num. card. [lat. duo, femm. duae ], invar.
■ s.m. [il numero 2 e il segno che lo rappresenta (in cifre arabe 2, nella numerazione romana Ⅱ): scrivi un due ].
■ agg.
1. [in quantità pari a uno più uno, primo della serie dei numeri pari: d. mani, d. occhi ]
● Espressioni: tutti e due ▶◀ ambedue, (non com.) ambo, entrambi.
▲ Locuz. prep.: a due a due ▶◀ in coppia, per due; per due [preceduto da un verbo non distributivo, in misura doppia (o, più genericam., parecchio): mangiare per d. ] ▶◀ assai, molto. ◀▶ poco, scarsamente.
2. [posposto al sost., per indicare la posizione in una successione, ma solo quando essa sia contraddistinta con un numero arabo: al cap. 2 ] ▶◀ secondo.
3. (fam.) [con valore generico, in numero ristretto: ho mangiato d. spaghetti ] ▶◀ alcuni, pochi, qualche, un po' (di). ◀▶ molti.

Enciclopedia Italiana. 2013.

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