doubles
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Definitions
noun
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes“Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.”
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.“On second thought, make that a double.”
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
verb
- To multiply by two.“The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.”
- To fold over so as to make two folds.“To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.”
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.“Our earnings have doubled in the last year.”
noun
- The double time, a marching cadence (pace) approaching running speed.
noun
- A game between pairs of players“Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.”
- (campanology) bell changes rung on five bells“A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.”
- A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
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Synonyms
redoublefacsimilizedoubletwofolddupletwicedualreduplicatedoublymultipledouble upforkedimagethreefoldreplicateduplicaterepeatlarge