noun
- Increase by a factor of two.
- usage: "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
- Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.
- usage: "I decided his double was a bluff"
- synonyms: double
verb
- Increase twofold.
- usage: "The population doubled within 50 years"
- Hit a two-base hit.
- synonyms: double
- Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain.
- usage: "He doubled and vomited violently"
- synonyms: double over, double, double up
- Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions.
- usage: "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
- synonyms: double
- Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit.
- synonyms: double
- Make or do or perform again.
- usage: "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
- synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
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