- 1[uncountable] twice the number or amount He gets paid double for doing the same job I do.
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alcoholic drink - 2[countable] a glass of strong alcoholic drink containing twice the usual amount Two Scotches, please—and make those doubles, will you?
- 3[countable] a person or thing that looks exactly like another She's the double of her mother.
- 4[countable] an actor who replaces another actor in a movie to do dangerous or other special things see body double bedroom
- 5[countable] = double room Is that a single or a double you want? compare single (2) in sports
- 6doubles [uncountable] a game, especially of tennis, in which one pair plays another mixed doubles (= in which each pair consists of a man and a woman) compare single (5) Idioms
twice as much/many
(in gambling) a risk in which you could win twice the amount you pay, or you could lose all your money
quickly; hurrying
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