doubled

1.0

Two times as large or as many as before

adjective
/ˈdʌbld/

: duplicado

Her savings account doubled after she received a generous bonus at work.

That's more than double of the people that were killed in Bosnia.

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Examples

That stress, anxiety and depression among children has doubled since this thing started.
The forecast number has doubled since last year, but it's still low.
And I think by next year that will have doubled or more.
So the meat production per person has doubled, OK.
So it's almost doubled in value since September.
The group's debt doubled over the last four years.
And as you can see, it's more or less doubled the crimes.
The percentage of nuns NONES doubled in just over a decade.
The amount of revenue generated from subscriptions has doubled in the last quarter.
Since implementing the new policy, the attendance rate has doubled compared to last year.

Synonyms

double

vsdoubled

∞ 1.0

Twice as large or for two people

restricts meaning to an increase that makes something twice as large

two times

vsdoubled

46 1.0

Twice as much or as many

increases the original amount to be twice as much

twofold

vsdoubled

4 3.7

Twice as much in amount or degree

describes an increase that makes something twice as large

two-fold

vsdoubled

2 4.4

Twice as much or twice as many

uses the verb form to show something has become twice as much

Antonyms

to halve

6 3.6

To cut something into two equal parts

decreased

1.5

Smaller in amount or size than before

How Many Times

quadrupling

1 5.6

to triple

103 2.5

doubled

1.0

unchanged

62 1.0

Surface Forms

doubled positive

Morphology

doubled = double (transparent) = double + ed

Simple and regular past-participle/adjectival formation from 'double' + '-ed' yielding the meaning 'twice as much'.

Etymology

The word doubled comes from double, which goes back to a simple root meaning 'two'. So, when something is doubled, it is made 'twice' as big or there are 'twice' as many, like one becoming two.