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double English

Meaning double meaning

What does double mean?
Definitions in simple English

double Adjective

— A double door, window, etc. includes two of the same kind. We opened the double door to let the piano come in. Call me at 519-double three double seven. — A double accident, murder, etc. is two events that happen together or are somehow connected. With the double wedding, Sunday was the busiest day of the year. — If something is double, it is 100% bigger than something else. The new computer was double the cost of the old one. I'll have a double coffee. Usually we see about seventy people a day, but yesterday it was double. — A double thing is for two people. They slept together in a double bed, while James slept in a single in the other room.

double Verb

— If something doubles, it grows by 100%. The price of gold has almost doubled in the last month from $407 to $792. We need to double the number of people buying it. — If something doubles as something else, it has both roles. The kitchen doubles as our dining room. — If something doubles up/over, it folds in half. — If two people double up, they stay or work together.

double Noun

— Somebody's double is another person who looks very similar to them. — In baseball, a double is a hit that allows the runner to move to second base.

double

— noun a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base he hit a double to deep centerfield — verb increase twofold The population doubled within 50 years — adjective (= dual, twofold, treble) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities a double (or dual) role for an actor the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence — R.W.Emerson every episode has its double and treble meaning — Frederick Harrison — adjective (= dual, duple) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs an egg with a double yolk a double (binary) star double doors dual controls for pilot and copilot duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure — adjective (= doubled, twofold) twice as great or many ate a double portion the dose is doubled a twofold increase — verb hit a two-base hit — verb do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions She doubles as his wife and secretary — verb bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain He doubled and vomited violently — adjective 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 two together some people sleep better double — adverb downward and forward he was bent double with pain — verb bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) — adjective (= forked) having two meanings with intent to deceive a sly double meaning spoke with forked tongue — adjective large enough for two a double bed a double room — noun (= image) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) he could be Gingrich's double she's the very image of her mother — noun a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable — noun a quantity that is twice as great as another 36 is the double of 18 — adverb (= doubly) to double the degree she was doubly rewarded his eyes were double bright — noun (= doubling) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 I decided his double was a bluff — adjective (= bivalent) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis — verb (= replicate) make or do or perform again He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

Synonyms double synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as double?

double English » English

twofold twice dual duplicate two-fold repeat twin fold couple pair doppelganger look-alike duplex doubly reduplicate redouble geminate counterpart bend two twice as much replicate duple binary two-base hit two times forked doubled double over understudy two-baser two-bagger stunt woman stand-in reproduce multiply by two multiply image even double up clone both bivalent two-ply twins turn up turn down treble threefold three-fold

Topics double topics

What do people use double to talk about?
States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

Two
States Quantity Number

Multiples
States Quantity More

Increase
States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar
Grammar Very Degree

To a larger degree
Person Body

Head
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain
Language and thought Think Learn

Check
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Meaning
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Betray
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Spy
Daily life Household equipment Furniture

Bed
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door
Physical actions Posture

Bend down
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
States Quality Shape Bend

Fold

Conjugation double conjugation

How do you conjugate double?

double · verb

Examples double examples

How do I use double in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You are mistaken: he plays double bass, not trombone.
The only room available is a double.
I'd like a double room.
This word has a double meaning.
You are richer than I am because your pay is double my pay.
Do you have a double room?
I'd like a double for four nights from tonight for about fifty dollars a night.
My brother paid double the price.
Statistics suggest that the population of this town will double in five years.
His salary is double what it was seven years ago.
His weight is double what it was ten years ago.
He earns double my salary.
He paid double the usual fare.
He paid double fare.
Your book is double the size of mine.
The price is double what it was last year.
Meg is the double of her mother.
I've reserved a double.
I'd like a double with a bath.
Would you like a single or a double?
I would like a less expensive double room.

Movie subtitles

Yongle and Zheng He would become one of the great double acts of Chinese history.
You know. Double doors. the kind that open in the center, and, um. But one of the hinges was broken, so. they.
Then I say we - we double down on this.
The profit we were making there, I can double that. I can pay you back.
She's taken a lot of flak for giving a preventative double mastectomy to a woman in her 20s.
A little double standard, don't you think?
Caskets filled with dirt were loaded onto the double-masted schooner,Empusa.
If Kriemhild gives her consent, o hero, we shall celebrate a double wedding here today.
We'd like to double up.
How is it you never got double pneumonia?
If these lots don't double in value in a year, I don't know what you can do about it.
There's a gentleman with double vision and a better haircut.
There he is, the dirty double-crosser.
Double-strength.
The profit we were making there, I can double that.
Alright. We double.
There's no double bottom, no secret opening or trap door.
Why, I think I'd almost marry you to spite that double-crossing crook.
Double 0.
Double the guard on the front gate.
The dirty double-crosser.
Double-crossing hound!
What do you do when you're not carrying those. double-strength?
What a character that old dame would make with her double-strengths.
We'll double our chances if we split.
Double doors. the kind that open in the center, and, um. But one of the hinges was broken, so. they. they kept that locked.
Tiny font, double-sided, no margins.
There's a gentleman with double vision and a better haircut. Who'll say 1,100?
Divide the men in two shifts, Mac. double pay for overtime!
It's our wedding anniversary and we would make it a double honeymoon.
So you double crossed me, uh?
Come on, Joe, double or nothing.
I've paid you double too many times.
That means you'll pay double.
You've already paid them double.

News and current affairs

Then something happened last spring: my sister Emily discovered that she had cancer and had a double mastectomy.
The donors promised to double aid to Africa by 2010, but are still far off track.
In fact, the world's per capita emissions were 4,700 kilograms, or more than double the permissible limit.
A Double-Dip Recession for the US?
Most pundits dismiss the possibility of a double-dip recession.
In 25 years, according to Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, China's emissions could be double those of the US, Europe, and Japan combined.
One day, the country is on the brink of a double-dip recession; the next, it is on the verge of a turbo-charged recovery, powered by resilient consumers and US multinationals starting to deploy, at long last, their massive cash reserves.
Is it any wonder that China is perceived as an increasingly credible model for much of the developing world, while the US is now viewed as a symbol of hypocrisy and double standards?
So the end of this severe global recession will be closer at the end of this year than it is now, the recovery will be anemic rather than robust in advanced economies, and there is a rising risk of a double-dip recession.
Argentina's exchange rate system survived, but at a heavy price - the onset of double-digit unemployment.
Confidence is seldom restored as an economy goes into a deep recession and double-digit unemployment.
More outrage around the world at American double standards.
US Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki warned that although it would be possible to win the war with the 160,000 troops that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld used, it would take double that number to win the peace.
In this fog of praise, the IMF ignored the fact that Argentina's growth rate had stagnated and that double-digit unemployment persisted for half-a-decade.
If that were to happen quickly, total spending could decline, pushing the economy into a double-dip recession.
In the short run, Merrill, like the other investment banks, was allowed to double up its bets.
In some cases, with appropriate government action, they could double or even triple food production in just a few years.
The switchover, however, would more than double the electricity bill in this example.
Inflation in Russia, Vietnam, Argentina, and Venezuela is solidly in double digits, to name just a few possibilities.
There are also now two reasons to fear a double-dip recession.
After market-oriented reforms in the early 1990's, growth rates soared, with projections of double-digit growth in the future.

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