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Meaning of doubles

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

doubles

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.

  2. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes

    Example: Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.

  3. A drink with two portions of alcohol.

    Example: On second thought, make that a double.

  4. A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.

verb

Definitions

  1. To multiply by two.

    Example: The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.

  2. To fold over so as to make two folds.

    Example: To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.

  3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

  4. To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.

    Example: Our earnings have doubled in the last year.

noun

Definitions

  1. The double time, a marching cadence (pace) approaching running speed.

noun

Definitions

  1. A game between pairs of players

    Example: Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.

  2. (campanology) bell changes rung on five bells

    Example: A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.

  3. A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.