redouble
verb/ˌriːˈdʌbl/
/ˌriːˈdʌbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they redouble | /ˌriːˈdʌbl/ /ˌriːˈdʌbl/ |
| he / she / it redoubles | /ˌriːˈdʌblz/ /ˌriːˈdʌblz/ |
| past simple redoubled | /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ |
| past participle redoubled | /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ |
| -ing form redoubling | /ˌriːˈdʌblɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈdʌblɪŋ/ |
- redouble something to increase something or make it stronger
- The leading banks are expected to redouble their efforts to keep the value of the dollar down.
- redoubled enthusiasm
- Their doubts were redoubled by this news.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRedouble is used with these nouns as the object:- effort
Word Originlate Middle English: from French redoubler, from re- ‘again’ + doubler ‘to double’.
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