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Sounds | dah'bahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. |
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Examples | "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison |
Synonyms | dual, twofold, treble, threefold |
Similar to | multiple |
Meaning | Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. |
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Examples | "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" |
Synonyms | dual, duple |
Similar to | multiple |
Meaning | Twice as great or many. |
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Examples | "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled" |
Synonyms | doubled, twofold |
Similar to | multiple |
Adverbs | doubly |
Meaning | Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements. |
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Examples | "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" |
Category | botany, phytology |
Contrary | single |
Meaning | Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis. |
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Synonyms | bivalent |
Category | genetics, genetic science |
Attribute of | valence, valency |
Contrary | univalent; multivalent |
Meaning | Large enough for two. |
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Examples | "a double bed"; "a double room" |
Similar to | large, big |
Meaning | Having two meanings with intent to deceive. |
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Examples | "a sly double meaning" |
Synonyms | forked |
Similar to | equivocal, ambiguous |
Meaning | A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base. |
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Examples | "he hit a double to deep centerfield" |
Synonyms | two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser |
Narrower | line-drive double, line double |
Broader | base hit, safety, bingle |
Verbs | double |
Meaning | A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts. |
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Examples | "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" |
Synonyms | stunt man, stunt woman |
Broader | stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in |
Meaning | Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor). |
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Examples | "he could be Gingrich's double" |
Synonyms | image, look-alike |
Narrower | ringer, dead ringer, clone |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
Meaning | A quantity that is twice as great as another. |
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Examples | "36 is the double of 18" |
Broader | multiple |
Verbs | double; double |
Meaning | Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2. |
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Examples | "I decided his double was a bluff" |
Synonyms | doubling |
Part of | card game, cards |
Broader | raise |
Verbs | double |
Meaning | Downward and forward. |
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Examples | "he was bent double with pain" |
Meaning | Two together. |
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Examples | "some people sleep better double" |
Meaning | To double the degree. |
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Examples | "his eyes were double bright" |
Synonyms | doubly, twice |
Meaning | Increase twofold. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They double their earnings this year; Their earnings double this year |
Examples | "The population doubled within 50 years" |
Synonyms | duplicate |
Narrower | redouble; geminate |
Broader | multiply, manifold |
See also | double up |
Nouns | double; doubling; doubling |
Meaning | Hit a two-base hit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | hit |
Nouns | double |
Meaning | Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "He doubled and vomited violently" |
Synonyms | double over, double up |
Broader | bend, flex |
Meaning | Do double duty. Serve two purposes or have two functions. |
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Pattern | It is ----ing |
Examples | "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
Broader | function, work, operate, go, run |
Meaning | Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | bid, call |
Nouns | double |
Meaning | Make or do or perform again. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
Narrower | replicate, copy; recapitulate; reduplicate, geminate |
Broader | reproduce |
Nouns | double |