double
verb/ˈdʌbl/
/ˈdʌbl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they double | /ˈdʌbl/ /ˈdʌbl/ |
| he / she / it doubles | /ˈdʌblz/ /ˈdʌblz/ |
| past simple doubled | /ˈdʌbld/ /ˈdʌbld/ |
| past participle doubled | /ˈdʌbld/ /ˈdʌbld/ |
| -ing form doubling | /ˈdʌblɪŋ/ /ˈdʌblɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become, or make something become, twice as much or as many
- Membership almost doubled in two years.
- double in something The town has approximately doubled in size since 1960.
- The material I was buying suddenly doubled in price.
- double something The firm has promised to double the number of women promoted to partner by 2030.
- Double all the quantities in the recipe to make enough for eight people.
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa2- The party almost doubled its share of the vote to 21%.
- The price of houses has nearly doubled in the last ten years.
- This percentage could easily double.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- more than
- almost
- nearly
- …
- in
- to
- [transitive] double something (over) to bend or fold something so that there are two layers
- She doubled the blanket and put it under his head.
- [intransitive] to hit the ball far enough for you to get to second base
- He doubled to left field.
become twice as much/many
fold
in baseball
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin duplus, from duo ‘two’ The verb is from Old French dobler, from late Latin duplare, from duplus.
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