double

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
2. (not-comparable) Of twice the quantity.
3. (not-comparable) Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
4. (not-comparable) Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
5. (not-comparable) Folded in two; composed of two layers.
6. (not-comparable) Stooping; bent over.
7. (not-comparable) Having two aspects; ambiguous.
8. (not-comparable) False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
9. (not-comparable) Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
10. (not-comparable) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
11. (not-comparable) Of time, twice as fast.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Twice over; twofold; doubly.
2. (not-comparable) Two together; two at a time.
3. (not-comparable) Into two halves or sections.

Noun

1. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
2. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
3. A drink with two portions of alcohol.
4. A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
5. A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
6. A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
7. A two-base hit.
8. A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
9. A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
10. 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.
11. The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
12. A hit on this ring.
13. A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
14. A double-precision floating-point number.
15. Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
16. A boat for two scullers.
17. The feat of scoring twice in one game.
18. The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
19. The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
20. (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
21. (Guernsey, historical) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
22. Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
23. A double feast.
24. Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
25. A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
26. (dated, slang) A double-cross or betrayal.

Verb

1. (transitive) To multiply by two.
2. (intransitive) 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. (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
5. (sometimes, transitive) To clench (a fist).
6. To get a two-base hit.
7. (often, transitive) To join or couple.
8. (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
9. (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
10. (ambitransitive, sometimes) 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. (intransitive) 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. (intransitive, usually) 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. (intransitive) To double down.
18. To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
19. (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
20. (transitive) 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. (informal) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
23. (intransitive) To operate as a double agent.

Sinonieme

twofold

twice

dual

duplicate

two-fold

repeat

🔁

twin

fold

couple

👫

doppelganger

pair

duplex

look-alike

doubly

reduplicate

bend

redouble

counterpart

geminate

replicate

duple

binary

two

twice as much

two-base hit

double over

two times

doubled

forked

stand-in

both

reproduce

bivalent

two-baser

stunt woman

image

multiply

multiply by two

double up

clone

even

understudy

two-bagger

stand in

stunt man

reduplicated

proxy

duplication

curve

replica

Vertalings

double

doble

doppio

2️⃣

doubler

doppelt

verdoppeln

doblar

Doppelgänger

sosia

doble

sosie

redoubler

διπλασιάζω

duplicare

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdʌb(ə)l/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: double

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

Sinne

However , over time it was expanded to include a double platform .

It was released on a double bill with a reissue of the film "Atragon".