Meaning & Definition of Double in English

1. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

• "He hit a double to deep centerfield"

2. A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

• "His first job in hollywood was as a double for clark gable"

3. Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• "He could be gingrich's double"

• "She's the very image of her mother"

4. A quantity that is twice as great as another

• "36 is the double of 18"

5. Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

• "I decided his double was a bluff"

1. Increase twofold

• "The population doubled within 50 years"

2. Hit a two-base hit

3. Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

• "He doubled and vomited violently"

4. Do double duty

• Serve two purposes or have two functions

• "She doubles as his wife and secretary"

5. Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)

6. Make or do or perform again

• "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"

1. 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

2. 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"

3. Twice as great or many

• "Ate a double portion"

• "The dose is doubled"

• "A twofold increase"

4. 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"

5. Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

6. Large enough for two

• "A double bed"

• "A double room"

7. Having two meanings with intent to deceive

• "A sly double meaning"

• "Spoke with forked tongue"

1. Downward and forward

• "He was bent double with pain"

2. Two together

• "Some people sleep better double"

3. To double the degree

• "She was doubly rewarded"

• "His eyes were double bright"