(n.) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
(n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
(n.) The devil; a demon.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Murray drags it back to deuce, a lob from him and a missed slice from Federer making it so.
(2) During deuce, we are treated to some absurdity from both players, but Kyrgios then misses a forehand to give Nadal another set point.
(3) He somehow scrambled to deuce and delighted in forcing Dimitrov to chase in vain from one side of the court to the other to go 6-5 up.
(4) In the first set Miss Round was at her best, in command of the match, and only two games went to deuce.
(5) A simple missed volley at deuce gives breakpoint and a gradually takes control of a long rally before forcing a Wawrinka error.
(6) Murray’s first double fault at deuce brought an angry response - and a pair of aces to hold for 2-1 - from one of the game’s most demanding perfectionists.
(7) Murray, who does not like wearing a cap, repeatedly caught the sun in his eyes on his ball toss to double-fault twice, aced and fought through three deuce points to hold in the eighth game.
(8) Djokovic, though, blew a cross-court forehand for deuce – but not the forehand he drilled for a winner and break.
(9) He misses three presentable forehands (see last tiebreak) as it goes to deuce and after more than 10 minutes Rafa breaks.
(10) 2.46pm BST First set: Djokovic*4-3 Nadal No sooner do I write that about Nadal's serve than Djokovic finds himself at 30-30 and then at deuce – the first time we've seen one of those.
(11) That takes it to 40-15, but a great crosscourt service return and an unforced error from Nadal later it's deuce, and Djokovic has a sniff, a chance.
(12) But we go to deuce and Dimitrov will be pleased to see how much he's making Murray scamper around the baseline.
(13) On deuce, a second serve from Murray is called out, only for the umpire to correct the call.
(14) A service down the line, into the deuce court, is too much for Djokovic, and another winner concludes the transaction.
(15) Giants up by a deuce, and here comes Jeff Jones, Tigers pitching coach to have a word with his man.
(16) Donovan in that role would probably step on Deuce's toes.
(17) A vicious forehand from centre to the deuce court saves one, and there follows the best point so far - a Nadal lob wins the advantage, as he can only flip it back - but he stays in the rally, and another winner saves another.
(18) He was artful and resolute, also, in getting to deuce on Murray’s serve in the fourth game but the Scot would not crack.
(19) She double-faulted to give Cornet two breakpoints only to recover before, at 1-1, deuce, the umpire called them off.
(20) Another ace at deuce gives Wawrinka game point, but Djokovic fights back with a brilliant double-hander down the line.
Two
Definition:
(n.) One and one; twice one.
(n.) The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-two patients (10 male, 22 female; age 37-82 years) undergoing maintenance haemodialysis or haemofiltration were studied by means of Holter device capable of simultaneously analysing rhythm and ST-changes in three leads.
(2) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
(3) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(4) Two of the largest markets are Germany and South Korea, often held up as shining examples of export-led economies.
(5) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
(6) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
(7) Clonal abnormalities involving chromosomes 3 and 21 were noted in two patients.
(8) After two weeks all animals were killed and autopsies of the animals were performed.
(9) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
(10) Anti-corruption campaigners have already trooped past the €18.9m mansion on Rue de La Baume, bought in 2007 in the name of two Bongo children, then 13 and 16, and other relatives, in what some call Paris's "ill-gotten gains" walking tour.
(11) We considered the days of the disease and the persistence of symptoms since the admission as peculiar parameters between the two groups.
(12) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
(13) Cyclic AMP stimulated phosphorylation by [gamma-32P]ATP of two proteins of apparent Mr = 20,000 and 7,000 that were concentrated in sarcoplasmic reticulum, but the stimulation was markedly dependent on the presence of added soluble cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
(14) The constitution of chromosomes in the two plasmacytomas remained remarkably stable in their homogeneous modal population.
(15) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
(16) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
(17) Gel filtration of the 40,000 rpm supernatant fraction of a homogenate of rat cerebral cortex on a Sepharose 6B column yielded two fractions: fraction II with the "Ca(2+) plus Mg(2+)-dependent" phosphodiesterase activity and fraction III containing its modulator.
(18) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
(19) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
(20) The findings suggest that these two syndromes are associated with dysfunction at two different sites within the frontal lobes.