What is the meaning of the word "double"?
Definitions:
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a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base noun
- The batter hit a double to deep centerfield.
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a quantity that is twice as great as another noun
- 36 is the double of 18
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a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts noun
- Their first job in Hollywood was as a double for the movie star.
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bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain verb
- The drunk person doubled over and vomited violently.
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consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs adjective
- an egg with a double yolk
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downward and forward adverb
- I was bent double with pain.
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having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities adjective
- a double (or dual) role for an actor
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having two meanings with intent to deceive adjective
- a sly double meaning
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increase twofold verb
- The population doubled within 50 years
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large enough for two adjective
- a double bed
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raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 noun
- I decided their double was a bluff.
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someone who closely resembles a famous person, especially an actor noun
- I could be Arnold Schwarzenegger's double.
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twice as great or many adjective
- ate a double portion
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two together adverb
- some people sleep better double
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used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements adjective
- double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
Synonyms:
- bivalent
- double over
- double up
- doubled
- doubling
- dual
- duple
- duplicate
- forked
- image
- look-alike
- reduplicate
- repeat
- replicate
- stunt man
- stunt woman
- three-fold
- threefold
- treble
- twice
- two-bagger
- two-fold
- twofold
NearBy Words:
- double-barreled
- double-barrelled
- double-bass
- double-bedded
- double-bogey
- double-breasted
- double-check
- double-chinned
- double-crosser
- double-crossing
- double-date
- double-dealer
- double-dealing
- double-decker
- double-dyed
- double-edged
- double-faced
- double-geared
- double-glaze
- double-humped
- double-jointed
- double-magnum
- double-park
- double-prop
- double-quick
- double-space
- double-spaced
- double-spacing
- double-team
- double-tongued
- double-u
- doubled
- doubleheader
- doubler
- doubles
- doublespeak
- doublet
- doublethink
- doubleton
- doubletree