📖 Definitions of "Double"
- 1
Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- 2
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
"Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles."
- 3
A drink with two portions of alcohol.
"On second thought, make that a double."
- 4
A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
- 1
To multiply by two.
"The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter."
- 2
To fold over so as to make two folds.
"To make a pleat, double the material at the waist."
- 3
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- 4
To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
"Our earnings have doubled in the last year."
- 1
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
"The closet has double doors."
- 2
Of twice the quantity.
"Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes."
- 3
Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
"He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother."
- 4
Designed for two users.
"a double room"
- 1
Twice over; twofold; doubly.
- 2
Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
"There are only a few beds, so some of the children will have to sleep double for the night."
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