(~s, doubling, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to indicate that something includes or is made of two things of the same kind.
...a pair of ~ doors into the room from the new entrance hall.
...a lone skier gliding along smooth ~ tracks.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
You use ~ before a singular noun to refer to two things of the same type that occur together, or that are connected in some way.
...an extremely nasty ~ murder...
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
If something is ~ the amount or size of another thing, it is twice as large.
The offer was to start a new research laboratory at ~ the salary he was then getting...
= twice
? half
PREDET: PREDET the n
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Double is also a pronoun.
If they think you’re a tourist, they charge you ~.
PRON
4.
You use ~ to describe something which is twice the normal size or can hold twice the normal quantity of something.
...a ~ helping of ice cream.
...a large ~ garage...
ADJ
5.
A ~ room is a room intended for two people, usually a couple, to stay or live in.
...bed and breakfast for ?180 for two people in a ~ room.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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Double is also a noun.
The Great Western Hotel costs around ?60 a night for a ~.
N-COUNT
6.
A ~ bed is a bed that is wide enough for two people to sleep in.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
You use ~ to describe a drink that is twice the normal measure.
He was drinking his ~ whiskey too fast and scowling.
ADJ: ADJ n
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Double is also a noun.
Give me a whisky, a ~.
N-COUNT
8.
Double is used when you are spelling a word or telling someone a number to show that a letter or digit is repeated.
Ring four two ~ two ~ two if you’d like to speak to our financial adviser.
ADJ: ADJ n
9.
When something ~s or when you ~ it, it becomes twice as great in number, amount, or size.
The number of managers must ~ to 100 within 3 years...
The program will ~ the amount of money available to help pay for child care.
VERB: V, V n
10.
If you refer to someone as a person’s ~, you mean that they look exactly like them.
Your mother sees you as her ~.
N-COUNT: poss N
11.
If a person or thing ~s as someone or something else, they have a second job or purpose as well as their main one.
Lots of homes in town ~ as businesses.
VERB: V as n
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Double up means the same as ~ .
The lids of the casserole dishes are designed to ~ up as baking dishes.
PHRASAL VERB: V P as n
12.
In tennis or badminton, when people play ~s, two teams consisting of two players on each team play against each other on the same court.
N-UNCOUNT
13.
If you are bent ~, the top half of your body is bent downwards so that your head is close to your knees.
Pickers are bent ~, plucking each flower with lightning speed.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
14.
If you are seeing ~, there is something wrong with your eyes, and you can see two images instead of one.
I was dizzy, seeing ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
15.
in ~ figures: see figure