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DOUBLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
Example:
he hit a double to deep centerfield
Synonyms:
double; two-bagger; two-base hit; two-baser
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double"):
line-drive double; line double (a double resulting from a line drive)
Derivation:
double (hit a two-base hit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
Example:
I decided his double was a bluff
Synonyms:
double; doubling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))
Holonyms ("double" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Derivation:
double (bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit))
double (twice as great or many)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A quantity that is twice as great as another
Example:
36 is the double of 18
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
multiple (the product of a quantity by an integer)
Derivation:
double (increase twofold)
double (make or do or perform again)
double (twice as great or many)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
Example:
she's the very image of her mother
Synonyms:
double; image; look-alike
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double"):
clone; dead ringer; ringer (a person who is almost identical to another)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
Example:
his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
Synonyms:
double; stunt man; stunt woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
backup; backup man; fill-in; relief; reliever; stand-in; substitute (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having two meanings with intent to deceive
Example:
spoke with forked tongue
Synonyms:
double; forked
Classified under:
Similar:
ambiguous; equivocal (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large enough for two
Example:
a double room
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
Synonyms:
bivalent; double
Classified under:
Adjectives
Attribute:
valence; valency ((biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Twice as great or many
Example:
a twofold increase
Synonyms:
double; doubled; two-fold; twofold
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Derivation:
double (raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2)
double (a quantity that is twice as great as another)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
Example:
duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
Example:
every episode has its double and treble meaning
Synonyms:
double; dual; three-fold; threefold; treble; two-fold; twofold
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
Example:
double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
single (used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they double ... he / she / it doubles
Past simple: doubled
Past participle: doubled
-ing form: doubling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase twofold
Example:
The population doubled within 50 years
Synonyms:
double; duplicate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
manifold; multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "double"):
redouble (double again)
geminate (arrange or combine in pairs)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
They double their earnings this year
Their earnings double this year
Also:
double up (stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager)
Derivation:
double (a quantity that is twice as great as another)
doubling (raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2)
doubling (increase by a factor of two)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hit a two-base hit
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
double (a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
Example:
She doubles as his wife and secretary
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)
Sentence frame:
It is ----ing
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make or do or perform again
Example:
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
Synonyms:
double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "double"):
copy; replicate (reproduce or make an exact copy of)
recapitulate (repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life)
geminate; reduplicate (form by reduplication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
double (a quantity that is twice as great as another)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
Example:
He doubled and vomited violently
Synonyms:
double; double over; double up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 6
Meaning:
Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
double (raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To double the degree
Example:
his eyes were double bright
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Two together
Example:
some people sleep better double
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
Downward and forward
Example:
he was bent double with pain
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
The determination of the amount of anti-double stranded DNA present in a sample.
(Anti-Double Stranded DNA Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the anti-double stranded DNA antibody in a biological specimen.
(Anti-Double Stranded DNA Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
DNA forms 2 long strands that wind around each other to form a double helix.
(Structural Snapshots of Damaged DNA, NIH)
There is a double league which makes a fair balance of military power.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The double track turned sharp off and took the direction of King’s Pyland.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In a classical computer, to double the amount of information you have to double the number of bits.
(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)
"The amount of wobble we measured is double what was predicted."
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
Loneliness was associated with a doubled mortality risk in women and nearly doubled risk in men.
(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A double negative is—let me see—well, you say, 'never helped nobody.' 'Never' is a negative. 'Nobody' is another negative. It is a rule that two negatives make a positive.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For older women, breathing air that is heavily polluted by vehicle exhaust and other sources of fine particulates nearly doubles the likelihood of developing dementia, finds a study published Tuesday.
(The Surprising Link between Air Pollution, Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
