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| 1. | [ 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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| Related terms: | base_hit line-drive_double | |
| 2. | [ verb ] increase twofold | |
| Synonyms: | duplicate | |
| Examples: | "The population doubled within 50 years" |
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| Related terms: | multiply redouble geminate parlay | |
| 3. | [ 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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| Related terms: | multiple | |
| 4. | [ 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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| Related terms: | multiple | |
| 5. | [ 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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| Related terms: | multiple | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (baseball) hit a two-base hit, in baseball | |
| Related terms: | hit baseball | |
| 7. | [ 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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| Related terms: | bend | |
| 8. | [ verb ] do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions | |
| Examples: | "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
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| Related terms: | go | |
| 9. | [ 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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| Related terms: | single botany | |
| 10. | [ adverb ] to double the degree | |
| Synonyms: | twice doubly | |
| Examples: | "she was doubly rewarded" "his eyes were double bright" |
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| 11. | [ 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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| Related terms: | reproduce recapitulate reduplicate copy repetition replication repeater recidivist | |
| 12. | [ adverb ] downward and forward | |
| Examples: | "he was bent double with pain" |
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| 13. | [ adjective ] having two meanings with intent to deceive | |
| Synonyms: | forked | |
| Examples: | "a sly double meaning" "spoke with forked tongue" |
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| Related terms: | equivocal | |
| 14. | [ 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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| Related terms: | stand-in | |
| 15. | [ 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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| Related terms: | person ringer | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | |
| Synonyms: | bivalent | |
| Related terms: | univalent multivalent genetics valence | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] large enough for two | |
| Examples: | "a double bed" "a double room" |
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| Related terms: | large | |
| 18. | [ adverb ] two together | |
| Examples: | "some people sleep better double" |
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| 19. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a quantity that is twice as great as another | |
| Examples: | "36 is the double of 18" |
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| Related terms: | multiple duplicate | |
| 20. | [ verb ] (bridge,games) bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) | |
| Related terms: | bid doubling | |
| 21. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27774 | |
| 22. | [ 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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| Related terms: | raise card_game | |
| Similar spelling: |
double-u doable Dople doubly Duble Dovel |
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