dual
pronunciation
How to pronounce dual in British English:
UK [ˈdjuːəl]
How to pronounce dual in American English:
US [ˈduːəl]
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- Adjective:
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
Word Origin
- dual
- dual: [17] Dual was borrowed from Latin duālis, a derivative of duo ‘two’ (which is a distant relative of English two). In Latin it was used particularly by grammarians, to denote the category ‘two people or things’ (as opposed to the plural, referring to three or more), and this was the earliest sense of the word adopted by English. (Incidentally, despite its formal similarity, and a common meaning element – two people participate – duel [15] is not etymologically related to dual; it comes from medieval Latin duellum, which was originally an archaic form of Latin bellum ‘war’.=> two
- dual (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin dualis, from duo "two" (see two). Related: Dually.
Example
- 1. Less than half the countries in africa condone dual citizenship .
- 2. It also came with a dual led flash which certainly helped .
- 3. It has kind of a dual role .
- 4. This dual approach has worked remarkably well .
- 5. The viking dual ability is handy .