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US
/ˈdəbəɫ/
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[ UK /dˈʌbəl/ ]
[ UK /dˈʌbəl/ ]
VERB
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bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
He doubled and vomited violently -
make or do or perform again
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick -
increase twofold
The population doubled within 50 years -
do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
She doubles as his wife and secretary - hit a two-base hit
- bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
ADJECTIVE
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having two meanings with intent to deceive
spoke with forked tongue
a sly double meaning -
twice as great or many
the dose is doubled
ate a double portion
a twofold increase -
large enough for two
a double bed
a double room - used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
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having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
a double (or dual) role for an actor
every episode has its double and treble meaning -
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
an egg with a double yolk
double doors
a double (binary) star
dual controls for pilot and copilot
duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure -
used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
ADVERB
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to double the degree
she was doubly rewarded
his eyes were double bright -
downward and forward
he was bent double with pain -
two together
some people sleep better double
NOUN
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raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
I decided his double was a bluff -
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
he could be Gingrich's double
she's the very image of her mother -
a quantity that is twice as great as another
36 is the double of 18 -
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
he hit a double to deep centerfield -
a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
How To Use double In A Sentence
- Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
- Nonetheless, today's pic made me do a little bit of a double-take. Ryan Seacrest, Don Johnson And Larry King Are Three Amigos In Today’s Daily TwitPic » MTV Movies Blog
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- Rose doubled over when Facer walked in wearing his funny clothes.
- The double nosewheel straddled the slots in the deck where the shuttle ran. THE SHADOWS OF POWER
- A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
- Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
- The figure is expected to double with legal costs and more court battles. The Sun
- A Dry Cappuccino is a double shot of espresso with little or no steamed milk, but frothed milk on top.
- Their risk of dying in childbirth is doubled and of having stillborn babies trebled, and other physical, sexual, and relationship problems are common.
