to double
- verb
- /ˈdʌbəl/
- So this year we're on pace to almost double our GCI from the previous year.
- more than doubled
- nearly doubled
- almost doubled
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Watch on YouTubeSo we basically have to double global taxes.
- So we basically have to double global taxes.
- Then, you know, rates double and cash is harder to get.
- Yeah, you know, and I make double what I was making as a realtor.
- So slapte maite, it's going to double that T instead of adding AD.
- Double the amount of quantity of the Scotch, double the size of something else.
Examples
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Pretty much all of these windows double as doors.
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U.S. spending on rule-of-law programs doubled from 2006 to 2007 and nearly doubled again in 2008.
Academic text (2011) -
Like I could double this and we'll be good.
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And so I was wondering, could we just double the size of everything?
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So we basically have to double global taxes.
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We split up, we take two keys, we double our chances of winning.
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By the second year, the academy had doubled in size to include approximately three thousand students.
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Consequently, we'll cut our expenses and double our profits.
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In Europe, its prevalence is set to double in the next 50 years as the population ages.
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We expect to double our production output by next year.
Synonyms
To make a number or amount twice as much
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To try harder to continue something even when people disagree or it is risky
- Baby Talk
Challenge someone playfully so they feel they cannot refuse to do something
- Specialized
Move the tongue quickly back and forth to play fast clear notes on a wind instrument
Compounds
An unfair rule that treats similar people differently and gives one group more advantages
A spy who secretly works for two opposing sides while pretending to help one and giving secrets to the other
- Specialized
A test in which neither participants nor researchers know who gets the treatment
- NSFW
A phrase with two meanings, one often innocent and the other rude about sex
- Literature
Receiving two incomes from the same source, for example a pension and a salary
Two rainbows that appear in the sky at the same time, the outer one fainter and outside the inner arc
- Specialized
A situation where you are given two conflicting demands you cannot satisfy, often from someone in charge
A large string instrument with four strings that makes very low sounds when played with a bow or plucked
A suit jacket with wide front flaps that overlap and two columns of buttons
Two layers of glass with a space between them that keep heat in and noise out
- Specialized
An experiment where neither participants nor researchers know who gets the real treatment or a fake one to avoid bias
- Specialized
A bookkeeping system that records every transaction as a debit in one account and a credit in another
- Formal
A part of a life insurance policy that pays twice the money if death is an accident
- Specialized
A running play in American football where the ball is handed twice, each time changing direction
- Specialized
A thick fabric made from two layers of thread joined together that holds its shape well
- Specialized
A system of recording each transaction twice, once as a debit and once as a credit to ensure accuracy
- Specialized
A bookkeeping system that records each transaction twice to keep accounts balanced
- Specialized
A crochet stitch you make by pulling the yarn through twice to make taller, looser fabric
- Offensive
A person who pretends to be a friend but secretly works against others
- Specialized
An illegal basketball move when a player bounces the ball with both hands or bounces it again after stopping
- Specialized
A lung infection that affects both lungs and causes serious breathing problems
- Literature
A person who receives a government salary and a pension at the same time
- Jargon
A hard, straight hit into the outfield that lets the batter reach second base
- Specialized
A tall stitch made with a hook by pulling yarn through loops, taller than a single stitch
- Informal
A mild, funny phrase people say instead of swearing when surprised or angry
- Specialized
A pair of vertical lines in written music that show the end of a main section or the whole piece
- Specialized
A machine that has two sets of gears to give more power and control speed
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Etymology
Double as a verb meaning to become twice as much comes from Latin duplex ('twofold') and duo ('two'), so to 'double' is to make something 'twice' its size or number.