English Explanatory Dictionary

redouble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
  2. To double an opponent's doubling bid.
  3. To become twice as big.
  4. To double again what was reduced to a single state.
noun
  1. An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

redouble redoubles redoubling redoubled

Etymology

From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.

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