Wondering how to hyphenate the English word double? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base He hit a double to deep centerfield |
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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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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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A quantity that is twice as great as another 36 is the double of 18 |
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Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 I decided his double was a bluff |
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Increase twofold The population doubled within 50 years |
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Hit a two-base hit |
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Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain He doubled and vomited violently |
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Do double duty Serve two purposes or have two functions She doubles as his wife and secretary |
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Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) |
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Make or do or perform again He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick |
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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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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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Twice as great or many Ate a double portion The dose is doubled A twofold increase |
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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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Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis |
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Large enough for two A double bed A double room |
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Having two meanings with intent to deceive A sly double meaning Spoke with forked tongue |
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Downward and forward He was bent double with pain |
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Two together Some people sleep better double |
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To double the degree She was doubly rewarded His eyes were double bright |
| adj | dual, twofold, treble, threefold, multiple |
| adj | dual, duple, multiple |
| adj | doubled, twofold, multiple |
| adj | double |
| adj | bivalent |
| adj | large |
| adj | forked, equivocal, ambiguous |
| noun | two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser, base hit, safety, bingle |
| noun | stunt man, stunt woman, stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in |
| noun | image, look-alike, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
| noun | multiple |
| noun | doubling, raise |
| verb | duplicate, multiply, manifold, double up
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| verb | hit |
| verb | double over, double up, bend, flex |
| verb | function, work, operate, go, run |
| verb | bid, call |
| verb | duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, reproduce |
| adv | doubly, twice |