double

Etymology
From, from , , from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
 * 2) Of twice the quantity.
 * 3) Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
 * 4) Designed for two users.
 * 5) Folded in two; composed of two layers.
 * 6) Stooping; bent over.
 * 7) Having two aspects; ambiguous.
 * 8) False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
 * 9) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * 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, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
 * 1) Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
 * 2)  Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
 * 3)  Of time, twice as fast.
 * 1) False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
 * 2) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * 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, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
 * 1) Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
 * 2)  Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
 * 3)  Of time, twice as fast.
 * 1)  Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
 * 2)  Of time, twice as fast.
 * 1)  Of time, twice as fast.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:dual
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:twofold

Antonyms

 * half
 * half

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ድርብ
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:, , ,
 * Basque: bikoitz
 * Belarusian: двайны́, падво́йны
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dobbelt
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: dopli
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ორმაგი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διπλόος, διπλοῦς
 * Hausa:
 * Hebrew: כפול
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, kembar dua,
 * Interlingua: duple
 * Irish: dúbailte
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 두 배-의,
 * Latin:
 * Lombard: dopi, dopła
 * Macedonian: двоен
 * Malay:
 * Manx: dooblit
 * Maori: taurua
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: doubl'ye
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dobbelt
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: dubel, dobel
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: dupio
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дво̑јнӣ
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:, , ,
 * Slovak: dvojitý
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, tvåfaldig
 * Tagalog: dalwahan
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: สองเท่า
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, , двої́стий
 * Urdu: دُگْنا
 * Venetian: dopio, dupio
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:, dwbwl


 * Arabic: ضِعْف
 * Hijazi Arabic: دَبَل, ضِعْف
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: двайны́, падво́йны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: duopa
 * Finnish:, tupla-
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διπλάσιος
 * Indonesian: rangkap dua,
 * Irish: dúbailte
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 二倍, ,
 * Latin:, , binus
 * Lombard: dopi
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: dooblit
 * Maori: huarua, taurua
 * Norman: doubl'ye
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, podwojony
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dùbailte
 * Slovene:, dvakraten
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: maradufu
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Welsh:, dwbwl


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: tweepersoons-
 * Finnish:
 * German: doppel-
 * Norman: doubl'ye
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:, сгъ́нат на две
 * Finnish: kaksitasoinen
 * German: doppellagig,
 * Indonesian: lapis dua,
 * Irish: dúbailte
 * Manx: dooblit
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, bicapa
 * Swedish:


 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: dubbelvikt


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Norman: doubl'ye
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German: doppel-
 * Norman: doubl'ye
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Norman: doubl'ye
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kontra-
 * German:


 * Finnish:

Adverb

 * 1) Twice over; twofold; doubly.
 * 2) * February 7 1736,, letter to Alexander Pope
 * I was double their age.
 * 1) Two together; two at a time.
 * 2) Into two halves or sections.
 * 1) Into two halves or sections.
 * 1) Into two halves or sections.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:twice

Noun

 * 1) Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
 * 2) A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
 * Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.
 * 1) A drink with two portions of alcohol.
 * On second thought, make that a double.
 * 1) A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
 * 2) A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
 * 3) A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
 * I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles.
 * Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles.
 * 1)  A two-base hit.
 * The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.
 * 1)  A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
 * 2)  A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
 * 3) A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
 * 4)  The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
 * 5)  A hit on this ring.
 * 6)  A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
 * 7)  A double-precision floating-point number.
 * The sine function returns a double.
 * 1)  Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
 * 2)  A boat for two scullers.
 * 3)  The feat of scoring twice in one game.
 * 4)  The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
 * In 1996, Michael Johnson achieved a double by winning both the 200 and 400 meter dashes.
 * 1)  A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
 * 2)  A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
 * 3)  Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
 * 4)  A double feast.
 * 5)  A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
 * 1)  A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
 * 2)  Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
 * 3)  A double feast.
 * 4)  A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
 * 1)  A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
 * 1)  A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: kaksinkertainen määrä
 * French:
 * German: Doppelte
 * Hungarian:, , kétszer annyi/akkora, duplaannyi,  duplaakkora
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 二倍, ,
 * Maori: rearua
 * Polish: dwukrotność
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: sozio, duoblulo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ორეული
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: dúbailt
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Lombard: sòsia, dopi, dopła
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, dvojnica
 * Slovene: dvojnik, dvojnica
 * Spanish:, sosias
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Doppelter
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: rangkap dua,
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Slovene: dvojnik
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto:
 * Ido:

Verb

 * 1)  To multiply by two.
 * 2)  To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
 * 3) To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
 * 4)  To fold over so as to make two folds.
 * 5)  To clench (a fist).
 * 6)  To get a two-base hit.
 * 7)  To join or couple.
 * 8)  To repeat exactly; copy.
 * 9)  To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
 * 10)  To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
 * 11)  To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
 * 12)  To turn sharply, following a winding course.
 * 13)  To sail around (a headland or other point).
 * 14)  To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
 * 15)  To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
 * 16)  To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
 * 17)  To double down.
 * 18)  To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
 * 19)  To go or march at twice the normal speed.
 * 20)  To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
 * 21)  To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
 * 22)  To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
 * 23)  To operate as a double agent.
 * 1)  To turn sharply, following a winding course.
 * 2)  To sail around (a headland or other point).
 * 3)  To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
 * 4)  To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
 * 5)  To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
 * 6)  To double down.
 * 7)  To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
 * 8)  To go or march at twice the normal speed.
 * 9)  To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
 * 10)  To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
 * 11)  To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
 * 12)  To operate as a double agent.
 * 1)  To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
 * 2)  To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
 * 3)  To operate as a double agent.
 * 1)  To operate as a double agent.
 * 1)  To operate as a double agent.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:double
 * ; see also Thesaurus:duplicate

Antonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:bisect

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: doblar
 * Belarusian: падво́йваць, падво́іць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: duobligi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διπλασιάζω, διπλόω
 * Hebrew: הכפיל
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: dúbail
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 二倍
 * Latin: duplicō
 * Malay: melipat ganda, melipatgandakan
 * Maori: whakarearua, tāpara, huarua
 * Polish:, , dublować, zdublować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: podvojiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: подво́ювати, подво́їти
 * Vietnamese: nhân đôi,


 * Belarusian: падво́йвацца, падво́іцца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: duobliĝi
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: podvojiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: подво́юватися, подво́їтися


 * Bulgarian: сгъвам на две
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διπλόω
 * Irish: dúbail
 * Maori: tānumi
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: dubbelvika


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian: berpasangan
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian:, menduplikat
 * Irish: dúbail
 * Japanese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: olla kaksoisroolissa
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Spanish: hacer las veces de


 * Finnish: tehdä äkkikäännös
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: контрирам
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:, , dublować, zdublować
 * Spanish: ser doble de, hacer de doble de
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Spanish: duplicar la velocidad


 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: tāpara
 * Spanish:, acumular doblemente


 * French:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  times; -fold

Verb

 * 1)  to ; to increase by 100%

Etymology
, from.

Adjective

 * , two
 * 1)  sixteenth note
 * 1)  sixteenth note

Noun

 * 1) double
 * 2) duplicate
 * 3)  double
 * 1)  double
 * 1)  double