deuce

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
  2. noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
  3. noun a word used in exclamations of confusion

Etymology

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.

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