| double [a] |
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| 1) | having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison |
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| Synonyms : | dual threefold treble twofold |
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| multiple |
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| 2) | consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" |
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| Synonyms : | dual duple |
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| 3) | twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" |
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| Synonyms : | doubled twofold |
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| multiple |
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| 4) | used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" |
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| botany single |
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| 5) | used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis |
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| Synonyms : | bivalent |
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| valence genetic_science multivalent univalent |
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| 6) | large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room" |
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| 7) | having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" |
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| Synonyms : | forked |
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| ambiguous |
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| double [r] |
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| 1) | downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain" |
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| 2) | two together; "some people sleep better double" |
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| 3) | to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" |
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| Synonyms : | doubly twice |
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| double [n] |
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| 1) | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" |
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| Synonyms : | two-bagger two-base_hit two-baser |
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| base_hit line-drive_double |
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| 2) | a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" |
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| Synonyms : | stunt_man stunt_woman |
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| 3) | someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" |
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| Synonyms : | image look-alike |
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| human clone |
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| 4) | a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18" |
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| 5) | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" |
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| Synonyms : | doubling |
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| raise card_game |
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| double [v] |
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| 1) | increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" |
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| Synonyms : | duplicate |
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| manifold doubling double_up redouble geminate |
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| 3) | bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently" |
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| Synonyms : | double_over double_up |
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| 4) | do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" |
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| 5) | bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) |
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| 6) | make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
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| Synonyms : | duplicate reduplicate repeat replicate |
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| reproduce replication replica repeat repeating habitual_criminal repeater copy recapitulate geminate |
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