double
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌb(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈdʌb(ə)l/
ipa: [ˈdʌb.ɫ]
rhymes: -ʌbəl
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.
Senses: examples: text: The closet has double doors.
text: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Such is not the usage of civilized warfare. Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
ref: 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2020:
glosses: Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
examples: text: Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes.
text: The Shanghai-based company reported Wednesday that net profit soared 246% to 28 billion yuan ($3.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, more than double the average analyst estimate of 12.62 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), according to LSEG data.
ref: 2024 May 23, Laura He, “Bargain-hungry Americans are flocking to Temu and making its Chinese owner very rich”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Of twice the quantity.
examples: text: He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.
glosses: Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
examples: text: a double room
text: a double garage
glosses: Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
glosses: Folded in two; composed of two layers.
glosses: Stooping; bent over.
examples: text: a double meaning
glosses: Having two aspects; ambiguous.
examples: text: a double life
text: A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
ref: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
roman: Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
glosses: False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
glosses: Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
examples: text: a double bass
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of time, twice as fast.
Synonyms: sense: made up of two matching or complementary elements
word: binary
word: twin
word: dual
sense: twice the quantity
word: duplicate
word: twofold
sense: having two aspects
word: twofold
Derived terms: a-double-s
aitch ee double hockey sticks
back-double
back double biceps
B-double
bidouble
British Double Summer Time
cocked hat double
double-A
double A
double acrostic
double act
double-acting
double-action
double action
double acute accent
double adapter
double adaptor
double agent
double agentry
double angle quotation mark
double angle quote
double annulus
double appointment
double articulation
double A-side
double aunt
double back
double-bagger
double-banded courser
double-banded plover
double-bank
double-banked
double bar
double bar line
double-barred finch
double-barrel
double-barreled
double-barrelled
double-barreled question
double-barreled shotgun
double-barrelled shotgun
double barrel vault
double base
double-bass
double bass
double-bassist
double bassist
double bassoon
double-bazinga
double bazinga
double-bearing
double becket hitch
double bed
double belly buster
double besom pocket
double biceps
double bill
double bind
double birdie
double biscuit
double-biting
double black diamond
double-blind
double-blind test
double-bluff
double bluff
double bogey
double boil
double boiler
double bond
double bonus
double-book
double booked
double bookkeeping
double bourgeois
double-break
double break
double break point
double-breasted
double bridle
double bubble
double bubble conjecture
double bubble mint
double buddy
double budget
double burden
double cab
double canon
double-celling
double-check
double check
double chicane
double chin
double-click
double click
double clinch
doublecloth
double-clutch
double clutch
double coconut
double code
double coding
double concave
double concerto
double-conical drum
double conical drum
double consciousness
double-convex
double copula
double count
double counting
double-course
double cousin
double coverage
double cream
double crenate
double criminality
double crochet
double cropping
doublecross
double-cross
double cross
double-crosser
double-crossing
double crossover
double-crostic
double cuff
double cylinder
double D
double dabble
double-dactyl
double dactyl
double dagger
double danda
double dare
double-date
double date
double dative
double day
double-dead meat
double-deal
double deal
double-dealer
double dealer
double-dealing
double-decant
double-deck
double-decker bus
double-decker
double decker
double declension
double-declutch
double-declutching
double decomposition
double definition
double degree
double denim
double-density
double density
double depression
double descent
double desk
double-dick
double-dicking
double dig
double digging
double-digit
double digits
double dildo
double-dink
double-dip
double dip
double dispatch
double dissolution
double doctoring
double-dog-dare
double-dog dare
double dog dare
doubledome
double-dome
double dong
double door
double doors
double-dotted
double-double-cross
double-double-double
double-double
double double
double-down
double dozen
double-dribble
double dribble
double drummer
double Ds
double Dutch
double-duty
double duty
double-dyed
double E
double-eagle
double eagle
double-edged
double-edged sword
double effect
double empathy problem
double emulsion
double-end
double-ended
double-ended dildo
double-ended queue
double-ender
double-ending
double English
double entendre
double entente
double-entry
double entry
double envelopment
double equals
double-exposure
double exposure
double extortion
double-eyed
double eyelid
double-faced
double factorial
double-fault
double fault
double feature
double figures
double file
double first
double first cousin
double-fist
double-fisted
double-fisting
double-flash
double flash
double flat
double foolscap
double free
double fugue
double-full
double full
double-gaited
double-gaiter
doubleganger
double-geared
double-glaze
double-glazed
double-glazing
double glazing
double Gloucester
Double Gloucester
double gold
double grab
double grave accent
double great primer
double gutshot
double gut shot
doublehand
double-hand
doublehanded
double-handed
double-handedly
double-handedness
double-handling
double happiness
double-hat
double hater
double-headed
double-headed bug
double-header
double-heading
double hearsay
doublehearted
double-hearted
double helix
double helping
double hemiplegia
double hoe
double house
double-hulled
double-hung
double in brass
double indemnity
double India pale ale
double IPA
double-jab
double-jabbed
double jack
double jasmine
double jeopardy
double-jobbing
double jobbing
double-jointed
double jump
double ka meetha
double kill
double kiss
double-knit
double knit
double knitting
double lesson
double letter
double life
double-line whip
double-lock
double lock standing seam
double magnum
double-major
double major
double majority
double malt
double-manned
double-marking
double-masted
double meaning
doubleminded
double-minded
double-mindedly
double-mindedness
double mini
double mini trampoline
double modal
double monastery
double monocular O
double moral
double-muscled
double muscling
double napoleon
double Napoleon
double negation
double negative
double nelson
doubleness
double-nickel
doublenigger
double-nosed Andean tiger hound
double note
double number
double obelisk
double obelus
double-oblique
double occupancy
double off
double open jaw
double opt-in
double or nothing
double orphan
double or quits
doublepack
double-page spread
double-park
double park
double-parking
double parking
double Pedro
double pendulum
double-penetrate
double penetrate
double penetration
double penetration dildo
double period
double pica
double planet
double play depth
double-play
double play
double plural
double-plus-good
double-plus-ungood
double pneumonia
double point
double-pointed needle
double-poled
double-pole
double pole
double-pole technique
double poling
double possessive
double procession
double-prop
double prop
double pulsar
double quarrel
double quasar
double-quick
double-quote
double quote
double rainbow
double redirect
double-reed
double reed
double refraction
double-replacement reaction
double replacement reaction
double reverse
double rhyme
double-ripper
double room
double S
double salt
double saucepan
double sawbuck
double science
double scull
double sculls
Double Seventh Festival
doublesex
double sharp
double sheet bend
double shortbread
double-shot
double shoulder lock
double-shuffle
double shuffle
double-shuffling
double-sided
double-sided dildo
double-sided tape
double-six
double-skin
double-slit experiment
double small pica
doublesome
double-spaced
double spaced
double-space
double space
doublespeak
doublespeaker
double spending
double spread
Double Springs
doublestack
double standard
double standardist
double star
double star system
double steal
double steam
double steamer
double-stop
double stop
double stout
double straddle
double-stranded
double strength
doublestrike
double-struck
double-stuff
double-suicide
double suicide
double summer time
double switch
double tackle
double-take
double take
double takeout
double taker
doubletalk
double-talk
double talk
double-talker
double talker
double-tap
double tap
double tax agreement
double taxation
double-team
double team
double teeth
Double Ten
double-text
double text
double texting
doublethink
double-threaded
doubletime
double-time
double time
doubleton
double-tongue
double tongue
double-tongued
double-tonguing
double top
doubletrack
double-track
double track
double-tracking
double trap
doubletree
double-tree
double tree
double trombone
double-trouble
double trouble
double truck
double turnstile
double-u
double U
double-uncle
double uncle
double-vaccinated
double-vaxxed
double vertical line
double vision
double wedding
doubleweight
double-whammy
double whammy
double whole
double whole note
doublewide
double-wide
doubleword
double X
double yellow line
double yellows
doubloonie
dunder
front double biceps
Gothic double
HE-double-hockey-sticks
HE-double-L
HE-double-toothpicks
law of double negation
mixed doubles
nondouble
optical double
play a double game
quadruple double
rear double biceps
Schläfli double six
semidouble
shared joy is double joy
shotgun double
subdouble
takeout double
test double
the double O
tip the double
triple-double
triple double
two-double
two-line double pica
work double tides
Related terms: single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet