double

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Synonyms: doubly, doable, rouble, doble, duble, dooble

Antonyms: doubly, doable, rouble, doble, duble, dooble

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Adjective

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 [[layer]]s.
6. [[stooping|Stooping]]; bent over.
7. Having two aspects; [[ambiguous]].
8. False, deceitful, or [[hypocritical]].
9. Of flowers, having more than the normal number of [[petal]]s.
10. {{lb|en|music}} Of an [[instrument]], sounding an [[octave]] lower.
11. {{lb|en|music}} Of [[time]], twice as fast.

Adverb

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. Two [[shift]]s of [[work]] back to back.
5. A ghostly [[apparition]] of a living person; a [[doppelgänger]].
6. A sharp turn, ''especially'' a return on one's own [[track]]s.
7. A [[redundant]] item for which an identical item already exists.
8. {{lb|en|baseball}} A two-base hit.
9. {{lb|en|bridge}} A [[call]] that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding [[bid]] becomes the [[contract]].
10. {{lb|en|billiards|snooker}} A [[strike]] in which the [[object]] [[ball]] is struck so as to make it rebound against the [[cushion]] to an opposite [[pocket]].
11. A bet on two horses in different races in which any [[winning]]s from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
12. {{lb|en|darts}} The narrow outermost [[ring]] on a [[dartboard]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[multiply]] by [[two]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} 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. {{lb|en|transitive}} To fold over so as to make two folds.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|sometimes followed by ''[[up]]''}} To [[clench]] (a [[fist]]).
6. {{lb|en|baseball}} To get a two-base hit.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|often followed by ''[[together]]'' or ''[[up]]''}} To join or [[couple]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To repeat exactly; [[copy]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To serve a second [[role]] or have a second purpose. {{+obj|en|:as}}
10. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|sometimes with "for"}} To act as [[substitute]] for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
11. {{lb|en|theatre}} To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To turn [[sharply]], following a winding course.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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