double
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- twice, coupled, dual, duplicate, in pairs, paired, twin, twofold
[verb]
Synonyms:
- multiply, duplicate, enlarge, grow, increase, magnify
[noun]
Synonyms:
- twin, clone, dead ringer (slang), Doppelgänger, duplicate, lookalike, replica, spitting image (informal)
- at or on the double: quickly, at full speed, briskly, immediately, posthaste, without delay

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Antonyms: halve
Contrasted words: decrease, lessen, minimize
Related Words: departure, digression, divergence, swerving, veering, replicate, amplify, augment, enlarge, increase, magnify, supplement, pleat, plicate, turn over

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I. doub‧le¹ S1 W2 /ˈdʌbəl/ adjective [usually before noun]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin duplus, from duo 'two' + -plus 'multiplied by']

1. OF TWO PARTS consisting of two parts that are similar or exactly the same:
a double sink
a double wardrobe
the great double doors of the cathedral
Don’t park your car on double yellow lines.

2. TWO DIFFERENT USES combining or involving two things of the same type:
a double murder case
A lot of the jokes were based on double meaning.

3. TWICE AS BIG twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many as usual:
a double whisky
The city was enclosed by walls of double thickness.

4. FOR TWO PEOPLE made for two people or things to use ⇒ single:
Do you need a double bed or two singles?
a double room
a double garage

5. TWO LETTERS/NUMBERS British English spoken used to say that a particular letter or number is repeated:
My name’s Robbins with a double ‘b’.
The number is 869 double 2 (=86922).

6. FLOWER a double flower has more than the usual number of petals
⇒ doubly

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II. double² noun

1. TWICE THE SIZE [uncountable and countable] something that is twice as big, as much etc as usual or as something else:
Scotch and water, please – make it a double.
‘They offered me £10,000.’ ‘I’ll give you double.’

2. ROOM [countable] a room for two people in a hotel ⇒ single:
A double costs $95 a night.

3. TENNIS doubles [uncountable] a game played between two pairs of players, especially in tennis ⇒ singles:
the men’s doubles ⇒ mixed doubles

4. BASEBALL [countable] a hit in baseball which allows the batter to reach second base:
Walker led the inning with a double.

5. SIMILAR PERSONsb’s double someone who looks very like someone else:
She’s her mother’s double.

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:
I think they used a double in the shower scene.

7. at the double British English, on the double American English informal very quickly and without any delay:
He was told to get back to Washington on the double.

8. double or quits British English, double or nothing 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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III. double³ S3 verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to become twice as big or twice as much, or to make something twice as big or twice as much
double in size/number/value etc
Within two years the company had doubled in size.
The church has doubled its membership in the last five years.
double the size/number/amount etc (of something)
A promise was given to double the number of police on duty.

2. [transitive] (also double over/up) to fold something in half:
Take a sheet of paper and double it over.

3. [intransitive] to hit the ball far enough to get to second base in a game of baseball
double as somebody/something phrasal verb
to have a second use, job, or purpose as a particular thing:
The school doubled as a hospital during the war.
double back phrasal verb
to turn around and go back the way you have come:
The driver doubled back and headed for Howard Bay.
double back on yourself
We kept getting lost and having to double back on ourselves.
double up phrasal verb

1. (also double over) to suddenly bend over at the waist because you are laughing so much or are in pain:
Emilio doubled over, grabbing his leg.
be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc
Both the girls were doubled up with laughter.

2. to share something, especially a bedroom
double up with
You’ll have to double up with Susie while your aunt is here.

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IV. double⁴ adverb
be bent double to be bent over a long way:
The trees were almost bent double in the wind. ⇒ see double at see¹(29)

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V. double⁵ predeterminer
twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many
double the amount/number/size etc
We’ll need double this amount for eight people.
The value of the house is double what it was.

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double
verb
ADV. more than Our profits have more than doubled this year.
almost, nearly, practically, virtually The price of houses has nearly doubled in the last ten years.
effectively | approximately, roughly
PREP. in The village has approximately doubled in size since 1960.
to The party almost doubled its share of the vote to 21.5%.

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