DOUBLE
/ˈdʌb.əl/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- adverb downward and forward.
- adverb two together.
- adverb to double the degree.
— synonyms: doubly, twice
- verb increase twofold.
— synonyms: duplicate
- verb hit a two-base hit.
- verb bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain.
— synonyms: double_over, double_up
- verb do double duty.
- verb bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit).
- verb make or do or perform again.
— synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
- noun a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base.
— synonyms: two-base_hit, two-bagger, two-baser
- noun a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts.
— synonyms: stunt_man, stunt_woman
- noun someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor).
— synonyms: image, look-alike
- noun a quantity that is twice as great as another.
- noun raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.
— synonyms: doubling
- adjective having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities.
— synonyms: dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold
- adjective consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
— synonyms: dual, duple
- adjective twice as great or many.
— synonyms: doubled, twofold, two-fold
- adjective used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements.
- adjective used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.
— synonyms: bivalent
- adjective large enough for two.
- adjective having two meanings with intent to deceive.
— synonyms: forked
Examples
- “Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.”
- “On second thought, make that a double.”
- “Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles.”
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