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double
Adjective
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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If something doubles as something else, it has both roles.
The kitchen doubles as our dining room.
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If something doubles up/over, it folds in half.
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If two people double up, they stay or work together.
double
Noun
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Somebody's double is another person who looks very similar to them.
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In baseball, a double is a hit that allows the runner to move to second base.
box
Noun
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A box is a square container, usually with four sides, a top and a bottom.
We had big cardboard boxes filled with the stuff.
I gave my seat to an old woman with a chicken in a wooden box.
It was always fun to open my lunch box and see what my mom had packed.
Jack Ferguson found a box containing his son's personal papers,
After the party, there were empty pizza boxes everywhere.
UPS had delivered a stack of boxes.
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A box is a container.
The address was a local post office box, not a physical address.
My cell phone was in the glove box of the car.
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A box is a square area with lines around it in a magazine, book, or computer screen.
It's especially important to speak to your doctor if you belong to this group (see box on page 118).
Right-click in any Explorer window or any Open or Save dialog box.
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A box is an electronic device such as a television, radio, or computer.
We'd brought a boom box out back and played the only radio station that came in.
More TVs get connected to the Internet, either directly or through set-top boxes.
box
Verb
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If you box, you fight someone for sport by punching them.
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If you box something (up), you put it in a box.
He boxed his old belongings up.
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If you box something on a page, you draw a square around it.