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double


Definition: Meaning of, double in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈdʌb(ə)l /

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[usually before noun]
  1. of two parts consisting of two parts that are similar or exactly the same
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  2. two different uses combining or involving two things of the same type
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  3. twice as big twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many as usual
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  4. for two people made for two people or things to use [↪  single]
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  5. two letters/numbers British English spoken used to say that a particular letter or number is repeated
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  6. flower a double flower has more than the usual number of PETAL s
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double doubles
  1. twice the size [uncountable and countable] something that is twice as big, as much etc as usual or as something else
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  2. room [countable] a room for two people in a hotel [↪  single]
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  3. tennis doubles [uncountable] a game played between two pairs of players, especially in tennis [↪  singles]
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  4. baseball [countable] a hit in BASEball which allows the BATTER to reach second BASE
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  5. similar person somebody's double someone who looks very like someone else
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  6. in films [countable] an actor who takes the place of a more famous actor in a film, especially because the acting involves doing something dangerous
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  7. at the double British English , on the double American English informal very quickly and without any delay
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  8. double or quits British English American English a situation in a game when you must do something that could either win you twice as much money or make you lose it all
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
double doubled doubled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
doubling doubles
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to become twice as big or twice as much, or to make something twice as big or twice as much
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  2. [transitive] also double over/up to fold something in half
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  3. [intransitive] to hit the ball far enough to get to second BASE in a game of BASEball
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  1. be bent double to be bent over a long way
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  1. twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many
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double used in phrases

  • body double (noun)
    1. someone whose body appears instead of an actor's or actress's in a film, especially in scenes where they are not wearing any clothes [↪  double]
  • daily double (noun)
    1. a single bet on two horse races in the same day
  • double Dutch (noun)
    1. the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
    2. British English an incomprehensible talk
  • double Gloucester (noun)
    1. a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese
  • double act (noun)
    1. two actors, especially COMEDIAN s, who perform together
  • double agent (noun)
    1. someone who finds out an enemy country's secrets for their own country but who also gives secrets to the enemy [↪  spy]
  • double bar (noun)
    1. notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines
  • double bass (noun)
    1. a very large musical instrument shaped like a VIOLIN that the musician plays standing up
  • double bassoon (noun)
    1. the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
  • double bed (noun)
    1. a bed made for two people to sleep in
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double used in phrasal verbs

  • double as (phrasal verb)
    1. double (up) as something to have another use or job as something
  • double back (phrasal verb)
    1. to turn and go back in the direction that you have come from
  • double for (phrasal verb)
    1. double for someone to take the place of an actor by pretending to be them in difficult or dangerous parts of a film
  • double over (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] same as double2 (sense 2)
    2. [intransitive/transitive] [often passive] to bend forwards because you are in pain or because you are laughing a lot
  • double up (phrasal verb)
    1. if two people double up, they share something, especially a bedroom
  • double up as (phrasal verb)
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