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dou·ble
(dŭb′əl)adj.
1. Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount: a double dose.
2. Composed of two like parts: double doors.
3. Composed of two unlike parts; dual: a double meaning; a double role for an actor.
4. Accommodating or designed for two: a double bed; a double room.
5. Characterized by duplicity; deceitful: speak with a double tongue.
6. Botany Having many more than the usual number of petals, usually in a crowded or an overlapping arrangement: a double chrysanthemum.
n.
1. Something increased twofold.
2. One that closely resembles another; a duplicate.
3.
a. Something having two identifiable or prominent parts or members.
b. Something capable of carrying, moving, or holding two people or things, as a mattress.
4.
a. An actor's understudy.
b. An actor who takes the place of another actor in scenes requiring special skills or preparations: a stunt double; a body double.
5. An apparition; a wraith.
6.
a. A sharp turn in a direction of movement; a reversal.
b. A sharp, often devious change in position or argument; a shift.
7. doubles Sports A form of a game, such as tennis or handball, having two players on each side.
8. Baseball A hit enabling the batter to reach second base. Also called two-bagger, two-base hit.
9. Games
a. A bid in bridge indicating strength to one's partner; a request for a bid.
b. A bid doubling one's opponent's bid in bridge, thus increasing the penalty for failure to fulfill the contract.
c. A hand justifying such a bid.
v. dou·bled, dou·bling, dou·bles
v.tr.
1. To make twice as great.
2. To be twice as much as: doubled the score of his opponent.
3. To fold in two.
4. To clench (one's fist).
5. To duplicate; repeat.
6. To turn (an enemy spy) into a double agent.
7. Baseball
a. To cause the scoring of (a run) by hitting a double.
b. To advance or score (a runner) by hitting a double.
c. To put out (a runner) as the second part of a double play.
8. Games To challenge (an opponent's bid) with a double in bridge.
9. Music To duplicate (another part or voice) an octave higher or lower or in unison.
10. Nautical To sail around: double a cape.
v.intr.
1. To be increased twofold: The debt soon doubled.
2. To turn sharply or all the way around; reverse one's course: had to double back to touch the missed base.
3. To serve in an additional capacity: a frying pan that doubles as a pie tin; a conductor who doubles as a pianist.
4. To replace an actor in the actor's absence or in a certain scene.
5. Baseball To hit a double.
6. Games To announce a double in bridge.
adv.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To twice the amount or extent; doubly: paid double for the customized car.
2. Two together; in pairs: sleeping double.
3. In two: bent double.
double up
Idiom: 1. To bend suddenly, as in pain or laughter.
2. To share accommodations meant for one person.
on/at the double
1. Immediately.
2. In double time.
dou′ble·ness n.
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doubles
(ˈdʌbəlz)n
1. (Tennis) (functioning as plural)
a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etc
b. (as modifier): a doubles player.
2. (Badminton) (functioning as plural)
a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etc
b. (as modifier): a doubles player.
3. (Squash & Fives) (functioning as plural)
a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etc
b. (as modifier): a doubles player.
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| Noun | 1. |  doubles - badminton played with two players on each sidebadminton - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net |
| 2. | doubles - tennis played with two players on each side lawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court |
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Translations
مُباراه ثُنائِيّه
čtyřhra
double
páros
tvíliîaleikur; tvenndarleikur
štvorhra
çiftler
doubles
[ˈdʌbəlz] n (TENNIS) → double mto play mixed doubles → jouer en double mixtedouble-sided [ˌdʌbəlˈsaɪdɪd] adj [computer disk] → double face
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double
(ˈdabl) adjective1. of twice the (usual) weight, size etc. A double whisky, please.
2. two of a sort together or occurring in pairs. double doors.
3. consisting of two parts or layers. a double thickness of paper; a double meaning.
4. for two people. a double bed.
adverb1. twice. I gave her double the usual quantity.
2. in two. The coat had been folded double.
noun1. a double quantity. Whatever the women earn, the men earn double.
2. someone who is exactly like another. He is my father's double.
verb1. to (cause to) become twice as large or numerous. He doubled his income in three years; Road accidents have doubled since 1960.
2. to have two jobs or uses. This sofa doubles as a bed.
ˈdoubles noun singular or noun plural in tennis etc, a kind of match with two players on each side. I enjoy playing doubles; (also adjective) a doubles match.
double agent a spy paid by each of two countries hostile to each other.
double bass (beis) a type of large stringed instrument, the largest and deepest in sound of the violin family.
ˌdouble-ˈbedded adjective containing a double bed. a double-bedded room.
double-ˈcheck verb to check something again. double-check the results of the experiment.
ˌdouble-ˈcross verb to betray (someone for whom one has already arranged to do something deceitful).
ˌdouble-ˈdealing noun cheating and deceitfulness.
adjective cheating. You double-dealing liar!
ˌdouble-ˈdecker noun a bus etc having two decks or levels.
adjectivea double-decker bus.
ˌdouble-ˈDutch noun nonsense. You're talking double-Dutch!
double figures the numbers between 10 and 99. The number of times you have been late is well into double figures.
ˌdouble-ˈquick adjective, adverb very quick(ly). Get here double-quick / in double-quick time!
at the double very quickly. He came up the road at the double and rushed into the house.
double back to turn and go back the way one came. The fox doubled back and went down a hole.
double up1. to (cause to) bend or collapse suddenly at the waist. We (were) doubled up with laughter; He received a blow in the stomach which doubled him up.
2. to join up in pairs. There weren't enough desks, so some pupils had to double up.
see double to see two images of everything instead of only one. When I first met the twins, I thought I was seeing double, they were so alike.
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