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double is the dictionary form of Doubleing Definition of double
double has definitions from the fields of botany,mathematics,baseball,genetics,bridge,film,cards,games
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[ noun ] (baseball) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

Synonyms

two-baser two-bagger two-base_hit

Examples

he hit a double to deep centerfield"

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[ verb ] increase twofold

Synonyms

duplicate

Examples

"The population doubled within 50 years"

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[ adjective ] having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

Synonyms

twofold threefold treble dual

Examples

"a double (or dual) role for an actor" "the office of a clergyman is twofold public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson

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[ adjective ] consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

Synonyms

dual duple

Examples

"an egg with a double yolk" "a double (binary) star" "double doors" "dual controls for pilot and copilot" "duple (or double) time consists of a multiple of two beats to a measure"

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[ adjective ] twice as great or many

Synonyms

twofold doubled

Examples

"ate a double portion" "the dose is doubled" "a twofold increase"

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[ verb ] (baseball) hit a two-base hit, in baseball
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[ verb ] bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

Synonyms

double_up double_over

Examples

"He doubled and vomited violently"

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[ verb ] do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions

Examples

"She doubles as his wife and secretary"

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[ adjective ] (botany; of flowers) having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements

Examples

"double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical"

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[ adverb ] to double the degree

Synonyms

twice doubly

Examples

"she was doubly rewarded" "his eyes were double bright"

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[ verb ] make or do or perform again

Synonyms

repeat duplicate replicate reduplicate

Examples

"He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"

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[ adverb ] downward and forward

Examples

"he was bent double with pain"

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[ adjective ] having two meanings with intent to deceive

Synonyms

forked

Examples

"a sly double meaning" "spoke with forked tongue"

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[ noun ] (film) a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

Synonyms

stunt_woman stunt_man

Examples

"his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"

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[ noun ] someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

Synonyms

look-alike image

Examples

"he could be Gingrich's double" "she's the very image of her mother"

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[ adjective ] (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

Synonyms

bivalent

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[ adjective ] large enough for two

Examples

"a double bed" "a double room"

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[ adverb ] two together

Examples

"some people sleep better double"

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[ noun ] (mathematics) a quantity that is twice as great as another

Examples

"36 is the double of 18"

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[ verb ] (bridge,games) bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27774
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[ noun ] (cards) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

Synonyms

doubling

Examples

"I decided his double was a bluff"

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