| Sounds | dah'bahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Having more than one decidedly dissimilar / dissimilar aspects or qualities. | |
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| Synonyms | dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold | |
| Broader | multiple | Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual |
| Spanish | doble, dual, duplo, triple | |
| Meaning | Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. | |
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| Synonyms | dual, duple | |
| Broader | multiple | Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual |
| Spanish | binario, doble, dual | |
| Catalan | binari, doble, dual, duplicat | |
| Meaning | Twice as great or many. | |
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| Synonyms | doubled, twofold, two-fold | |
| Broader | multiple | Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual |
| Spanish | doble | |
| Catalan | doble | |
| Nouns | double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 |
| double | a quantity that is twice as great as another | |
| Adverbs | doubly | to double the degree |
| Meaning | Used of flowers having more than the usual / usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements. | |
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| Example | "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" | |
| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Opposite | single | Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals |
| Spanish | doble | |
| Meaning | Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis. | |
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| Synonym | bivalent | |
| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Attribute of | valence, valency | (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate |
| Opposite | multivalent | Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis |
| univalent | Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis | |
| Spanish | bivalente | |
| Meaning | large enough for two. | |
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| Broader | large, big | Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
| Meaning | Having two meanings with intent to deceive. | |
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| Example | "a sly double meaning" | |
| Synonym | forked | |
| Broader | equivocal, ambiguous | open to two or more interpretations |
| Spanish | ambiguo, engañoso | |
| Catalan | enganyós | |
| Meaning | A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base. | |
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| Example | "he hit a double to deep centerfield" | |
| Synonyms | two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser | |
| Narrower | line-drive double, line double | A double resulting from a line drive |
| Broader | base hit, safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
| Verbs | double | hit a two-base hit |
| Meaning | A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts. | |
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| Example | "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" | |
| Synonyms | stunt man, stunt woman | |
| Broader | stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) |
| Spanish | doble, stunt man | |
| Catalan | doble, stunt man | |
| Meaning | someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor). | |
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| Example | "he could be Gingrich's double" | |
| Synonyms | image, look-alike | |
| Narrower | ringer, dead ringer, clone | A person who is almost identical to another |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | doble, imagen | |
| Catalan | doble, imatge | |
| Meaning | A quantity that is twice as great as another. | |
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| Example | "36 is the double of 18" | |
| Broader | multiple | The product of a quantity by an integer |
| Spanish | doble | |
| Catalan | doble | |
| Adjectives | double | twice as great or many |
| Verbs | double | increase / increase twofold |
| double | make or do or perform again | |
| Meaning | Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2. | |
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| Example | "I decided his double was a bluff" | |
| Synonym | doubling | |
| Part of | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
| Broader | raise | increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) |
| Adjectives | double | twice as great or many |
| Verbs | double | (bridge) make a demand for (a card or suit) |
| Meaning | downward and forward. | |
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| Example | "he was bent double with pain" | |
| Meaning | Two together. | |
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| Example | "some people sleep better double" | |
| Meaning | To double the degree. | |
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| Example | "his eyes were double bright" | |
| Synonyms | doubly, twice | |
| Spanish | doblemente | |
| Meaning | increase / increase twofold. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They double their earnings this year; Their earnings double this year | |
| Example | "The population doubled within 50 years" | |
| Synonym | duplicate | |
| Narrower | geminate | arrange or combine in pairs |
| redouble | double again | |
| Broader | multiply, manifold | combine or increase / increase by multiplication |
| See also | double up | stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager |
| Spanish | doblar, duplicarse, duplicar, multiplicar | |
| Catalan | doblar, duplicar-se, duplicar | |
| Nouns | 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 / increase / increase by a factor of two | |
| Meaning | hit a two-base hit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
| Nouns | double | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base |
| Meaning | Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "He doubled and vomited violently" | |
| Synonyms | double over, double up | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | doblarse sobre sí, doblar, retorcerse | |
| Catalan | doblegar-se | |
| Meaning | Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions. | |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing | |
| Example | "She doubles as his wife and secretary" | |
| Broader | function, work, operate, go, run | Perform as expected when applied |
| Meaning | (bridge) make a demand for (a card or suit) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | bid, call | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands |
| Spanish | doblar | |
| Nouns | double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 |
| Meaning | make or do or perform again. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate | |
| Narrower | recapitulate | repeat stages / stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life |
| reduplicate, geminate | form by reduplication | |
| replicate, copy | Reproduce or make an exact copy of | |
| Broader | reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of |
| Spanish | doblar, duplicar, recalcar, reiterar, repetir | |
| Catalan | doblar, duplicar-se, duplicar, recalcar, reiterar, repetir | |
| Nouns | double | a quantity that is twice as great as another |
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