English Explanatory Dictionary

double

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
  2. Of twice the quantity.
  3. Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
  4. Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
  5. Folded in two; composed of two layers.
  6. Stooping; bent over.
  7. Having two aspects; ambiguous.
  8. False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
  9. Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
  10. Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
  11. Of time, twice as fast.
adv
  1. Twice over; twofold; doubly.
  2. Two together; two at a time.
  3. Into two halves or sections.
noun
  1. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
  2. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
  3. A drink with two portions of alcohol.
  4. A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
  5. A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
  6. A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
  7. A two-base hit.
  8. A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
  9. A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
  10. A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
  11. The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
  12. A hit on this ring.
verb
  1. To multiply by two.
  2. To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
  3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
  4. To fold over so as to make two folds.
  5. To clench (a fist).
  6. To get a two-base hit.
  7. To join or couple.
  8. To repeat exactly; copy.
  9. To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
  10. To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
  11. To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
  12. To turn sharply, following a winding course.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Collectively, both the Indianapolis 500, a day race, and the Coca-Cola 600, an evening race, both of which are run on Memorial Day weekend Sunday. Used concerning racers who (wish[/ed/ing] to) participat[e/ed/ing] in both events, typically using a private jet to travel between Indianapolis, Indiana, after the 500 and Charlotte, North Carolina, to get to the 600.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌb.əl/ [ˈdʌb.ɫ̩] en-us-double.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-double.wav

Word forms

double doubles doubling doubled the Double

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

Synonyms

twin twofold binary duplicate doubly double-quick double redouble facsimilize

Antonyms

half halve bisect

Related words

single triple quadruple quintuple sextuple solo double twofold threefold fourfold pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad pair couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome quartet tetrad fivesome quintet pentad only one singlet twin one of two doublet triplet one of three quadruplet one of four quintuplet pentuplet one of five hextuple sixfold septuple heptuple sevenfold octuple eightfold ninefold nonuple tenfold decuple sixsome sextet hexad sevensome septet heptad eightsome

Derived words

a-double-s aitch ee double hockey sticks back-double back double biceps B-double bidouble British Double Summer Time cocked hat double double acrostic double act double-acting double-action double action double acute accent double adapter double adaptor double-A double A double agent double agentry double angle quotation mark double angle quote double annulus double appointment double articulation double A-side double aunt double back double-bagger double-banded courser double-banded plover double-bank double-banked double bar double bar line double-barred finch double-barrel double-barreled double-barrelled double-barreled question double-barreled shotgun double-barrelled shotgun double barrel vault double base double-bass double bass double-bassist double bassist double bassoon Double Bay double-bazinga double bazinga double-bearing double becket hitch double bed double belly buster double besom pocket double biceps double bill double bind

Translations

Finnish: kaksinkertaistaa Finnish: tuplata Māori: tāpara Spanish: duplicar Spanish: acumular doblemente
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