Double

Definition: Double

Double

Adjective

1. Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison.

2. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure".

3. Twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase".

4. (botany; of flowers) having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical".

5. (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.

6. Large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room".

7. Having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue".

Adverb

1. Downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain".

2. Two together; "some people sleep better double".

3. To double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright".

Noun

1. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; " he hit a double to deep centerfield".

2. A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable".

3. Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother".

4. A quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18".

5. Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff".

Verb

1. Increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years".

2. Hit a two-base hit, in baseball.

3. Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently".

4. Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary".

5. Make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "double" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Etymology: Double \Dou"ble\, adjective. [Old English doble, duble, double, Old French doble, duble, double, French double, from Latin duplus, from the root of duo two, and perhaps that of plenus full; akin to Greek ? double. See Two, and Full, and compare to Diploma, Duple.]. (references)

General

Literature

Mining

Occupations

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Double

Accompaniment

Adjective: two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin, biparous; dyadic; conduplicate; duplex; biduous, binate, diphyletic, dispermic, unijugate; tete-a-tete.

Cunning

Verb: be cunning; Adjective: have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive; (plan); live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter, circumvent, steal a march upon; overreach; throw off one's guard; surprise; snatch a verdict; waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge; play a deep game, play tricks with; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; flatter, make things pleasant; have an ax to grind.

Falsehood

Artificial, contrived; canting; hypocritical, jesuitical, pharisaical; tartuffish; Machiavelian; double, double tongued, double faced, double handed, double minded, double hearted, double dealing; Janus faced; smooth-faced, smooth spoken, smooth tongued; plausible; mealy-mouthed; affected.

Fold

Verb: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute,frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck, hem, gather.

Noun: fold, plicature, plait, pleat,ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication.

Improbity

False-hearted, disingenuous; unfair, one-sided; double, double-hearted, double-tongued, double-faced; timeserving, crooked, tortuous,insidious, Machiavelian, dark, slippery; fishy; perfidious, treacherous, perjured.

Regression

Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

Similarity

Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille.

Substitution

Subs ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum; shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat; double; changeling; quid pro quo, alternative.

Crosswords: Double

French (counterpart, double, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, tandem, two fold, twofold), French Canadian (double), German (Dubber, plate, stand in).

Yeah, three double cheeseburgers with everything (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

Double sixes (Octopussy; writing credit: George MacDonald Fraser)

Probably seein' double. (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre.)

Chuck, I had a double burger (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

You're a double O (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis)

Working double time (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

Knowing i am just like you, i am like the double (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob)

When you worry you make it double ("Don't Worry Be Happy"; performing artist: Bobby McFerrin)

A band is blowing Dixie double four time (Sultans Of Swing; performing artist: Dire Straits)

A double crossed Messenger all alone (Twilight Zone; performing artist: Golden Earring)

Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers, a large fries, and a diet coke. (references; author: unknown)

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket. (references; author: unknown)

Double Exposure (1997)

Big Rose: Double Trouble (1974)

Double Up (1974)

Fists of the Double K (1974)

Romance with a Double Bass (1974)

DOUBLE VISION  (performing artist: Foreigner )

DOUBLE SHOT (OF MY BABY'S LOVE)  (performing artist: Swingin' Medallions )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Double Eagle Petroleum Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2001 Report on DIY Secondary Double Glazing: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The World Market for Fertilizers, Double Salts, and Mixtures of Ammonium Sulfate and Ammonium Nitrate: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Le Mont Aiguille et son double (reference)

• Double Duty : The Parents' Guide to Raising Twins, from Pregnancy Through the School Years (reference)

• How To Become a Power Agent in Real Estate : A Top Industry Trainer Explains How to Double Your Income in 12 Months (reference)

• Beyond the 120 Year Diet : How to Double Your Vital Years (reference)

• Secrets of Question Based Selling: How the Most Powerful Tool in Business Can Double Your Sales Results (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Archies Pals N Gals Double Digest Magazine (reference)

• Betty And Veronica Double Digest Magazine (reference)

• Cirlce It Double (reference)

• Double Magazine (reference)

• Double Reed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo 1983 (reference)

• Double, Double, Toil & Trouble (reference)

• The Double Life of Veronique (reference)

• TV Nation Double Feature (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Double Espresso (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cokin P342 Double Mask 1 Filters in Protective Case (reference)

• Pentax Double Cable Release A (reference)

• Shanghai Double Pack (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix (reference)

• 1000VA UPS Double Conversion (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Especially for Baby Double Headrest - Navy Blue (reference)

• JET JWP-12K-4P / 708813 12-1/2" Double Edge Knife Set (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shows photo of Crick and Watson and their lifesize "Double Helix" model of DNA. Credit: Anthony Barrington Brown (photographer).

Shown is the interior of the A-wing addition of the NIH Clinical Center opened in April 1992. There are 3 interior views of the labs: single module, double module and hood. The photos were taken in October 1992. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Double immunodiffusion in agar gel illustrating the exoantigen method. H Ab - antibodies to H. capsulatum; H ag - histoplasmin or fungal extract; B ag - Blastomyces dermatitidis extract. Credit: CDC.

"Double Helix" by David Parker.

Robert Goddard with his Double Acting Engine Rocket in 1925. Credit: NASA.

Astronomers announced today the discovery of a double nucleus in the active galaxy Markarian ... Credit: NASA.

A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a "double nucleus" ... Credit: NASA.

Trucks, personnel, and equipment of a double level party Level party of William M. Gibson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Double sounding chair arrangement Effort to double density of soundings Working off of HYDROGRAPHER in 20 to 25 fathoms. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A double rainbow off the breakwater at the entrance to the Calcasieu River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Every man is born with a double right: first, a right of freedom to his person, which no other man has a power over, but the free disposal of it lies in himself. (Second Treatise of Government)

No obstacle shall be placed in the way of such improvements of railways or waterways as the French State may judge necessary to assure the despatch and the transport of the products of the mines and their accessories and subsidiaries, such as double trackage, enlargement of stations, and construction of yards and appurtenances. (reference)

This would perhaps double the mobility of the American Navy and Air Force. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He began to suspect him of some double dealing in his pursuit of Emma

This will have a double advantage

This the provisions of the special code punished by an addition of five years, two with the double chain, thirteen years

She struggled through the door with the mattresses, three double ones and a single

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In an adult, this condition causes double vision. (references)

Problems with eyesight such as blurred or double vision. (references)

Double lung transplantation extends life, but is not curative. (references)

Business

Experts estimate that this portion could double in three years. (references)

BMI-T expects the number of shoppers to double over the next 12 months. (references)

There are approximately 5,000 km of optical networks, and by 2004, the capacity will double. (references)

Children

Turkey

Many cities in the southeast continued to operate schools on double shifts, with as many as 100 students per classroom. (references)

Suriname

Both students and parents complained about the Government's decision to double enrollment fees for public school, which occurred both in 1999 and 2000. Fees during the year remained at the 2000 level. (references)

Sierra Leone

Up to an estimated 5,000 child soldiers at a time served alongside adults on both sides during the civil conflict, but in greater numbers on the RUF side; some observers place the number at almost double that figure. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

At the end of 2000, 2,378 applications remained pending--more than double the number at the end of the previous year. (references)

Morocco

On May 27, the Government seized a double issue of Rissalat Al Fatuwa that dealt with human rights abuses suffered by the JCO during the past year. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The UNHCR reported that through the end of November there were 80,993 registered minority returns country-wide, nearly double the number of minority returns for the same period in 2000. By ethnic group, the returns were as follows: 31,615 Serbs; 40,473 Bosniaks; 8,017 Croats; and 888 others. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

The punishment is double for public servants. (references)

Ukraine

A treaty on avoiding double taxation is close to completion. (references)

Jordan

Annual imports usually amount to more than double the exports. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

There is no protection against double jeopardy. (references)

India

In 1999-2000 the commission received 10,826 complaints, more than double the number from the previous year. (references)

China

Under the law, there is no right to remain silent, no presumption of innocence, no right against double jeopardy, and no law of evidence. (references)

Indigenous People

Japan

According to a 1999 survey, 3.72 percent of Ainu receive welfare benefits, roughly double the national average of 1.84 percent. (references)

Minorities

Croatia

NGO's assisting ethnic Serbs with documentation issues continued to report that local officials applied this legal double standard. (references)

Political Economy

SINGAPORE

While the overall software piracy level is among the lowest in Asia, it remains double that in the United States. (references)

Political Rights

Uganda

These irregularities included: Insufficient time for voter registration, allegations of vote-buying, unauthorized persons tampering with voter rolls, double voting, persons' names being crossed off the voter list before they voted, and votes being given to President Museveni before the votes were cast. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

As of early 2001, Ukraine had double taxation agreements with 40 countries. (references)

Ukraine

It might, however, be reduced or even eliminated through double taxation agreements. (references)

Travel

Mauritius

The daily rate starts at about $150 for a single room and $210 for a double. (references)

Spain

Travelers arriving at the airport are likely to be approached by auto-taxi drivers who will charge double or triple the cost of a regularly licensed taxi. (references)

Korea

The social concept, economic necessity, and cultural desire of a double income family are still in their infant stages in Korea, although this is rapidly changing in the face of changing economic times. (references)

Women

Philippines

Women's advocates cite double standards of morality and a traditional societal reluctance to discuss private family affairs as some of the reasons for domestic violence. (references)

Tunisia

Both the fine and imprisonment for battery or violence committed by a spouse or family member are double those for the same crimes committed by an individual not related to the victim. (references)

Portugal

If CITE finds that the employee's legal rights were violated, the employer must reinstate the worker and pay double back pay and benefits for the time at work missed due to the wrongful firing. (references)

Worker Rights

Brunei

Overtime is paid for work in excess of 48 hours per week, and double time is paid for work performed on legal holidays. (references)

Cambodia

The law stipulates time-and-one-half for overtime and double time if overtime occurs at night, on Sunday, or on a holiday. (references)

Nicaragua

The remaining seven received backpay, double severance, vacation pay, and a bonus of approximately $1,130 (15,000 cordobas). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Double

Double

Expressions using "double": a storm window or double window ♦ assymetrical double glazing ♦ at the double ♦ bend double ♦ body double ♦ bookkeeping by double entry ♦ Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases ♦ cross double fitch'e ♦ daily double ♦ delayed double diffusion ♦ Double acrostic ♦ double acting ♦ double adultery ♦ double aerial ♦ double agent ♦ double and twist yarn ♦ double armor ♦ double armour ♦ double Babcock plan ♦ double back ♦ double banking ♦ double bar ♦ double barelled gun ♦ double barrelled shot gun ♦ Double base ♦ double bass ♦ double bassoon ♦ double bed ♦ double beds ♦ double bend ♦ double bind ♦ Double Bind Interaction ♦ double birdie ♦ double bogey ♦ double boiler ♦ double bond ♦ double breasted ♦ double broaching machine ♦ double bucky ♦ double channel simplex ♦ double charge ♦ double check ♦ double chin ♦ Double Circle ♦ double clinch ♦ double codend ♦ double codends ♦ Double convex ♦ double Corposant ♦ Double counterpoint ♦ double coupon discount ♦ Double court ♦ double cream ♦ double creme ♦ double crochet ♦ double cross ♦ double dagger ♦ double damages ♦ double Data Rate Random Access Memory ♦ double Data Rate Synchronous Random Access Memory ♦ double date ♦ Double dealer ♦ Double dealing ♦ double decker ♦ double DECkers ♦ double decomposition ♦ double decomposition reaction ♦ double density ♦ double density diskette ♦ double diapason ♦ double digit ♦ double door ♦ double doors ♦ double dray ♦ Double drum ♦ double dutch ♦ double dye ♦ Double eagle ♦ double edged ♦ double edger ♦ Double elephant paper ♦ double end ♦ double entendre ♦ double entente ♦ Double entry ♦ double entry bookkeeping ♦ double envelopment ♦ double event ♦ double exposure ♦ double faced ♦ double faced person ♦ double fault ♦ double faults ♦ double feature ♦ Double first ♦ double flash cycle ♦ Double floor ♦ double flow route ♦ Double flower ♦ double for ♦ Double fugue. Additional references.

Beginning with "double": double-a, double-act, double-acting, double-action, double-acts, double-adult, double-adzes, double-agent, double-aided, double-aisled, double-a-minus, double-amplitude, double-and, double-a-plus, double-arcaded, double-arched, double-armed, double-arrowed, double-asterisked, double-axe, double-axe-hand, double-axes, double-backed, double-backers, double-backing, double-bacon-andegg, double-bagged, double-bagging, double-balanced, double-bank, Double-banked, double-bar, double-barred, double-barrel, Double-barreled, double-barreled gun, double-barrelled, double-barrelled name, double-bass, double-bass player, double-basses, double-beam, Double-beat valve, double-bed, double-bedded, double-bedroom, double-being, double-bill, double-billing, double-bind, double-bitted, double-bitted ax, double-bitted axe, double-bladed, Double-blend, Double-Blind, double-blind experiment, Double-Blind Method, double-blind procedure, double-blind study, double-blinded, double-blinding, double-bluff, double-bluffs, double-bogey, double-bogeyed, double-bogeys, double-bogied, double-boilered, double-bolt, double-bomb, double-bonded, double-book, double-booked, double-booking, double-bookings, double-books, double-bound, double-box-of-popcorn, Double-breasted, double-breasted blazer, double-breasted jacket, double-breasted suit, double-breasting, double-buckled, double-byte, double-capsid, double-case, double-century, Double-charge, double-check, double-checked, double-checker, double-checking, double-checks, double-chimneyed, double-chinned, double-chins, double-chock, double-choir, double-choral, double-clasped, double-click, double-clicking, double-clipped, double-columned, double-concave, double-concave lens, double-conical, double-convex, double-count, double-counted, double-counting, double-cream, double-credit, double-cropping, double-cross, double-crossed, double-crosser, double-crossers, double-crossing, Double-crown, double-crusted, double-cube, double-cult, double-cupped, double-curved, double-cutaway, double-cycle, double-date, double-dated, double-dates, double-dealer, double-dealing, double-dealing-faced, double-deck, Double-decker, double-decker sandwich, double-deckers, double-defensible, double-delta, double-density, double-diffused, double-diffusive, double-digest, double-digested, double-digit, double-dip, double-distilled, double-ditched, double-domed, double-door, double-doored, double-doors, double-double, double-draught, double-drill, double-duplex, double-dutch, Double-dye, Double-dyed, double-dyed villain, double-edge, double-edged, double-edged weapon, double-end, double-ended, Double-ender, double-engined, Double-entendre, double-entendres, double-entries, double-entry, double-entry bookkeeping, double-enveloping, double-ethnography, double-exposure, Double-eyed, double-face, double-faced, double-faced hammer, double-faceted, double-faulted, double-faults, double-feature, double-figure, double-figures, double-fisherman, double-fisted, double-fleeced, double-flight, double-flowered, double-fold, Double-framed floor, double-fronted, double-furrow, double-game, double-garaged, double-gate, double-gated, double-geared, double-glass, double-glaze, double-glazed, double-glazed, double-glazing, double-green, double-handed, double-handers, double-handle, double-handling, double-harnessed, double-harp, double-harrison, double-head, double-headed, double-headed anvil, Double-headed rail, double-headed-eagle, double-header, Double-hearted, double-height, double-helical, double-helical, double-helix, double-hernia, double-hinged, double-hulled, double-hundred, double-hundreds, Double-hung, double-hung window, double-image, double-income, double-insulated, double-jointed, double-kick, double-kiss, double-knit, double-knits, double-knitted, double-knot, double-knotting, double-labelled, double-labelling, double-layer, double-leaded, double-leaf, double-leafed, double-leaved, double-length, double-level, double-lifing, double-listed, double-lock, double-locked, double-looped, double-lungful, double-magnum, Double-mambas, double-manning, double-marked, double-meanings, double-member, double-membraned, Double-milled, Double-minded, double-mindedness, double-molecule, double-mounted, double-mugging, double-muscle, double-muscled, double-muscling, double-narrative, double-natured, double-neck, double-necked, double-necks, double-negative, double-ness, double-note, double-noted, double-occupancy, double-octave, double-opening, double-or-more, double-or-single-breasted, double-overtime, double-paddle, double-page, double-park, double-parked, double-past, double-pit, double-platinum, double-play, double-pole, double-polished, double-positive, double-potential, double-pouched, double-precision, double-printing, double-pronged, double-prop, double-propeller plane, double-prowed, double-pulse, double-pump, double-quarter, Double-quick, double-quick pace, double-ratio, double-reed, double-reed instrument, double-refined, double-resonance, double-rhyme, Double-ripper, double-role, double-row, double-run, double-s, double-save, double-scan, double-scroll, double-sculling, double-sentence, double-session, double-sexed, Double-shade, double-shafted, double-sheet, double-shell, double-shelled, double-sided, double-single, double-six, double-size, double-skin, double-skinned, double-sovereign, double-space, double-spaced, double-spacing, double-span, double-speak, double-spout, double-spread, double-spurred, double-spy, double-stage, double-staircase, double-standard, double-standards, double-star, double-stemmed, double-step, double-stepping, double-'sticky', double-stitched, double-stop, double-stopping, double-stops, double-storey, double-strand, double-stranded, double-strength, double-strikeout, double-substitution, double-suckler, double-sure, Double-surfaced, double-swage, double-swage-set, double-symphonic, double-tailed, double-take, double-takes, double-talk, double-tape, double-tapered, double-tax, double-taxation, double-tested, double-tests, double-thatched, double-the-number-you-first-thought-of, double-thick, double-thickness, double-think, double-thinking, Double-threaded, double-thump, double-tied, double-tier, double-tiered, double-time, double-timed, double-tit, Double-tongue, Double-tongued, Double-tonguing, double-took, double-toothed, double-top, double-topped, double-track, double-tracked, double-tracking, double-transformer, double-transplant, double-trap, double-try, double-tyretrack, double-u, double-underlined, double-up, double-values, double-vault, double-vented, double-voiced, double-voicedness, double-voicing, double-wall, double-walled, double-whamming, double-whammy, double-whetton, double-width, double-wind, double-winners, double-winning, double-wishbone, double-work, double-world, double-wrapped, double-yolked, double-your-money.

Ending with "double": double-double, semi-double.

Containing "double": five-double-one, semi-double-flowered, three-beta-three-one-double-one-one, two-double-bedroom.

Afrikaans

dubbelkamer (double room). (various references)

Albanian

dyshe (couple, doublet, dyshe), dyfish (di-, doubly, dual, duplex, twofold). (various references)

Arabic 

‏علي نحو مضاعف, ‏إلتوى (bend round, buckle, sprain, strain, twist), ‏إنعطاف مفاجئ, ‏إنعطف فجأة (whirl), ‏صرف (absolute, chuck, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, downright, earn, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, resolve, scrape, shake, shrift, sterling, turn away, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏ضاعف (compound, fold, geminate, heighten, multiply, redouble, reduplicate), ‏ضعف أضعاف (multiple), ‏إلتف (gyrate, twine, wind, wrap), ‏على نحو مضاعف (doubly, twofold), ‏كسر (breach, break, breakage, breaking, crash, crush, defeat, fold, fraction, fracture, fracturing, infringe, pleat, rout, shatter, shattering, smash, smashing, tuck, vanquish, violate), ‏تثنى (geminate), ‏حنى (crook, crouch, decline, lean), ‏نسخة مطابقة (counterpart), ‏مخادع (artful, bluff, bluffer, crafty, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, devious, dishonest, disingenuous, double dealing, double-tongued, face, false, fraudulent, hustler, illusive, illusory, indirect, insincere, misguiding, misleading, sly, trickish, tricky, underhand, wily), ‏مضاعف (doubled, duplicated, geminated, manifold, multiple, multiplied, redoubled, twofold), ‏مزدوج (binary, dual, geminate, paired, twin), ‏منافق (dissembler, double faced, double-dealer, double-tongued, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, prig, two faced), ‏طوى (double back, fold, lap, pleat, replicate, roll up, turn down, wreathe, writhe). (various references)

Basque

bikoitza. (various references)

Breton

zoubl. (various references)

Bulgarian 

двойно количество, изпълнявам двойна служба, изпълнявам две роли, дубльор (stand in), дублирам (deputize, stand in for, understudy), дубликат (counterpart, ditto, doublet, duplicate), двусмислен (ambiguity, ambiguous, dark, double meaning, double-barrelled, double-hearted, equivocal, oracular, two-edged, vague), дипла (flute, fold, pleat, ruck, ruckle, treenail), двойка (couple, dyad, pair, twain, twosome), бърз ход (lick, pelt, spurt, trot), двойно (doubly, twofold), двойна част, двойник (counterpart, fetch, ringer, twin, wraith), двоен брой точки, двоен (binary, dual, duplex, duplicate, geminate, twin, two ply, twofold), движа се бързо (clip, hasten, jump, scour, scud, shift, spank, speed, spin, travel, whirl, zoom), двуличен (ambidextrous, double dealing, double faced, double-minded, double-tongued, hypocritical, intriguing, janus-faced, two faced), контрирам, умножавам (multiply, quintuple), удвоявам (duplicate, geminate, redouble, reduplicate), сгъвам на две, свивам (bend, constrict, contract, convulse, cop, double up, draw, knap, knit, knit together, knot, neck, pinch, pucker, roll, screw, screw up, set, shorten, snitch, swing, turn, turn down, twist, wad, warp, work), рязък завой, форсирам (force, hop up, rev), по двама, контра, правя завой (corner), копие (assagai, assegai, carbon copy, copy, counterpart, ditto, duplicate, imitation, javelin, manifold, print off, repetition, replication, reproduction, shaft, spear, tally, transcript, transcription), каскадьор (stunt man), гъст (bushy, dense, full-bodied, gross, heavy, impenetrable, rich, stiff, stringy, thick, turbid, viscous), заобикалям (beat, begird, beset, bridge, bypass, circumambulate, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, elude, encircle, environ, evade, get round, gird, girdle, leapfrog, make a detour, pass round, round, short circuit, sidestep, skirt, stretch, surround, work round), лъжлив (bogus, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, double-tongued, elusory, false, lying, mendacious, misleading, mock, perjurious, phantasmagoric, pretended, quack, shifty, spoof, tinsel, truthless, untrue, untruthful, vain), лицемерно, стая с две легла, трик (flam, jig, skin game, sleight, snare, trepan, trick). (various references)

Catalan

doble (dual). (various references)

Chinese 

褔 (complex), 雙重 , 雙 (both, pair, two), 双 (bi-, doubles), 倍 (-fold, times, to increase or multiply), 兼 (holding two or moreposts at the same time, simultaneous, twice). (various references)

Croatian

dvokrevetna (double room). (various references)

Czech

dvouhra, dvojník, dvojnásobný (two fold, two ply, twofold), dvojnásobek, dvojmo, dvojitý (binary, duplex, two ply, twofold), dvakrát takový, zdvojnásobit (redouble, reduplicate), zdvojit (double up, reduplicate), přízrak (apparition, chimera, ghost, phantasm, phantom, spectre, spirit, vision, wraith), ostrý zákrut, obeplout (circumnavigate). (various references)

Danish

dobbelt (dual). (various references)

Dutch

duplex (dual), dubbel (dual), tweevoudig (dual), tweeledig (dual). (various references)

Esperanto

duopan, duopa, duobligi, duobla (dual). (various references)

Faeroese

dupultur (dual). (various references)

Farsi 

مضاعف کردن , همزاد, جفت (Couple, Geminate, Jugate, Match, Mate, Pair, Peer, Tandem, Team, Twin), المثنی (Reduplicate, Replica), دولاکردن (Bend, Ply), دولا (Dual, Geminate), دوتا (Couple, Geminate, Tow, Twin), دوسر. (various references)

Finnish

tekstiilin laminointi (doubling), parihuone, nelinpeli, kerrottu (composite), kaksoisolento, kaksinkertaistua, kaksinkertaistaa, kaksinkertainen (twofold), kaksinkerroin (twofold), kahdistua, kahdistaa, kahdentua, kahdentaa, kahdenkertainen (twofold), kahden (of two, two, twofold). (various references)

Flemish

tweepersoonskamer (double room). (various references)

French

double, doubler. (various references)

French Canadian

double. (various references)

Frisian

dûbeld (dual), dûbel (dual), ferdûbelje. (various references)

Galician

dobre, doble. (various references)

German

doppelt (doubly, dual, duplex, duplicative, redoubled, twice, twin, twofold), verdoppeln (redouble, reduplicate, to double), zweifach (doubly, dual, duplex, twice, twofold, twofoldly), doppelgänger (lookalike). (various references)

Greek 

διπλός (dual, geminate), διπλασιάζω (geminate, redouble). (various references)

Hawaiian

dyfish (dual). (various references)

Hebrew 

משנה (copy, deputy, duplication, repetition, twice, twofold), לכפל, לכפול (duplicate, multiply, repeat), זוגי (dual, duplicate), כפיל (doublet, lookalike), כפלים (doubly, twice, twofold), כפול (dual, duple, duplicate, folded, multiplied, two fold). (various references)

Hungarian

kétszeresen (doubly, twice, twofold), két-, dupla (clump, dual, duplex). (various references)

Indonesian

dobelan, rangkap (dual, geminate), mendobelkan, mendobel, kembar (binary, twin). (various references)

Irish

dúbailte. (various references)

Italian

doppio (doubles, dual, duplex, in duplicate, twice the amount, two faced, twofold, understudy), sosia, duplice (dual, duple, duplex, twofold), duplicato (counterpart, duplicate, replica), duplicare (duplicate, redouble, reduplicate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

複 (compound), 二重 (two layers, two-fold), 二倍 (twice, twofold), 二塁打 (two-base hit), ダフ屋 (double-breasted, double-count, dowel, dumb, dummy, French cuffs, scalper, to coincide, to have two of something, to repeat a school year after failing), ツーバイフォー工法 (tool, tooling, tour, touring, tourist, tweed, twin, two piece suit, wood frame construction), 替え玉 (substitute), 倍増 , 倍 (be doubled, -fold, increase, times, twice), 代役 (heavy role, important mission, stand-in, substitute actor), 代り役 (stand-in, substitute actor). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ダブル , ツーベース , ふたえ (two layers, two-fold), ふく (additional, assistant, associate, auxiliary, bend down, clothes, collateral, compound, copy, crawl, crouch, deputy, duplicate, fall prostrate, good fortune, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, sub-, submit to, substitute, supplementary, to blow, to dry, to emit, to spout, to wipe, vice-, yield to), ばいぞう, ばい (be doubled, -fold, increase, times, twice), にばい (twice, twofold), にるいだ (two-base hit), にじゅう (twenty, two layers, two-fold), かわりやく (stand-in, substitute actor), かえだま (substitute), だいやく (heavy role, important mission, stand-in, substitute actor). (various references)

Korean 

두 배 (doubles). (various references)

Luxembourgish

duebelzëmmer (double room). (various references)

Manx

scaan (apparition, ghost, reflection, spectre, spirit, spook), mooadaghey daa cheayrt, lhannoon, lappal (wrap), kink, filley (braid, collapse, corrugate, crease, crinkle, double up, entwine, fold, fold up, furl, jackknife, lap, plait, ply, roll up, turn up, wrap), dy goll mygeayrt, dooblit (bipartite, dual, duplex, twofold, two-way, two-way as cock etc), doobley (double up, wind, wind as hare), dooble, dooblaghey (double up, duplicate, duplication, wind, wind as hare). (various references)

Norwegian

dobbeltrom (double room). (various references)

Papiamen

dupliká, dòbel (dual), redupliká. (various references)

Pig Latin

oubleday.(various references)

Polish

podwójny (dual). (various references)

Portuguese

duplo (dual, dupery, geminate, twofold), dobro, duplicado (counterpart, doublet, twofold), dobrar (bend, bow, curve, flex, furl, hinge, quill), dobrado (bent, bow, cranked, plication). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

duplo. (various references)

Romanian

dublurã la teatru (understudy), de douã ori (doubly, twice, twofold), dubla (dub, duplicate, geminate, redouble, reduplicate, understudy), dublã (doublet), dublu (doubly, dual, duplex, duplicate, twice, twofold), încovoiat (bent, crooked, hooked, inflected), îndoi (bend, bow, cockle, crease, crook, crouch, curve, dog's-ear, draw, ear-mark, fold, hunch, inflect, ply, redouble, stoop, tuck in), îndoit (bent, creasy, crooked, doubly, hesitating, twice, twofold, wavering), ambiguu (ambiguous, ambiguously, doubtful, equivocal, multivocal, shady), cantitate dublã, cotiturã (bend, bent, crook, curve, elbow, meander, turn, turning, twist, wind, winding), creşte îndoit, împãturi în douã, face o cotiturã (elbow), trece de, face sã se îndoaie, fugi brusc înapoi, mãri de douã ori, meandru (bend, crook, elbow, ins and outs, loop, meander, turn, winding), merge în marş forţat, pas alergãtor (double quick, jogging), pas forţat, pereche (brace, companion, counterpart, couple, equal, fellow, like, match, mate, pair, peer), se încovoia printr-o loviturã, se dubla, strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), tare (adamant, adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, durable, fast, fierce, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loud, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, stalwart, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vehement, vigorous, violent), fãţarnic (ambidexter, dissembler, dissembling, double-tongued, false, hypocrite, hypocritical, smooth-faced, treacherous). (various references)

Russian 

вдвойне (doubly). (various references)

Scottish

dùbailte (a. double, Irish dub&acirc). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dvostruko (doubly, twice, twofold), dvogub, dvojak (double-natured, variant), dvojni, dvojnik, dvokrak, dupli, dvostruka količina, dvostruk (dual, duplex, duplicate, twin, twofold), umnožiti (copy, multiply, run off), oploviti (sail around), trčeći korak (double time), udvoje (twosome), udvojiti, udvostručiti (dualize, redouble), umnožavati (manifold, multiply). (various references)

Slovene

dvoposteljno (double-bed). (various references)

Somali

labo. (various references)

Spanish

doble (ambidextrous, disingenuous, dual, duplex, knell, ringer, stand in, twofold), doblar (bend, double for, dub, flex, fold, give in, make, Mark, round, subdue, turn, turn up, wear out, yield). (various references)

Sranan

dobru (dual). (various references)

Swedish

dubbel (doubles, dual, duplicate, two ply, twofold), fördubbla (duplicate, redouble, reduplicate), dubblera (round, understudy). (various references)

Tagalog

dobleng. (various references)

Thai

เป็นคู่, สองเท่า, สิ่งที่ทำสำเนา, ทำเป็นสองเท่า, การเพิ่มเป็นสองเท่า, จำนวนสองเท่า. (various references)

Turkish

çift (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, binary, brace, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, dyad, even, geminate, pair, twin, yoke). (various references)

Turkmen 

ikuзly (double entendre, with two meanings). (various references)

Ukrainian

удвох, прототип (antetype, archetype, original, protoplast, prototype), подвійна кількість, подвійний (bifold, bigeminal, binary, dual, duplex, duplicate, twain, twin, two ply, twofold), подвоюватися (reduplicate), подвоювати (duplicate, reduplicate), переважати удвічі, парний (binate, jugate), двічі (twice), двійник (counterpart, twin), двоякий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

hai nghĩa; giả dối, bản sao lục, cái gấp đôi, còng gập lại, gấp đôi (doubly, duplicate), gấp hai gập đôi, đôi (binary, couple, pair, two), hai mặt (dihedral, double-dealing), to gấp đôi (duplicate), kép gập đôi nước đôi, không thành thật (backhanded, devious, disingenuous, double-faced, hollow-hearted), lá mặt (double-minded, seeming), lá trái gấp đôi, lượng gấp đôi bản giống hệt, mạnh gấp đôi, hai (deuce, dual, duplex, two). (various references)

Welsh

dyblygu (fold), dyblyg (twofold), dyblu (repeat), dwbl, deublyg (twofold). (various references)

ancipitem, ancipites, ancipiti, bina, binae, binas, bini, binique, binos, congeminansque, duplex, duplicate, duplicem, duplices, duplicetur, duplici, duplicia, duplo, duplum, duplus, gemini. (various references)

bish. (various references)

getwinn. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "double": doubled, doubleheader, doubleheaders, doubleness, doublenesses, doubler, doublers, doubles, doublespeak, doublespeaker, doublespeakers, doublespeaks, doublet, doublethink, doublethinks, doubleton, doubletons, doublets. (additional references)

Words ending with "double": redouble, undouble. (additional references)

Words containing "double": redoubled, redoubles, undoubled, undoubles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Double" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: couble, Deurle, Dhoble, Dioula, doble, dobler, Doebley, Donuzla, Doobie, doolb, doubble, doubel, doubey, doublen, doubleu, doubley, doublt, doubte, Douglo, Doula, Doulab, Doulce, D'oulx, Dsubl, duble, Dubler, dublex, Duibhe, Poubelle, touble. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: blued, boule, lobed, lubed.

-2 letters: bedu, bled, blue, bode, bold, bole, dole, duel, leud, lobe, lode, loud, lube, lude.

-3 letters: bed, bel, bod, bud, deb, del, doe, dol, dub, due, duo, eld, led, leu, lob, obe, ode, old, ole, oud, udo.

-4 letters: be, bo, de, do, ed, el, lo, od, oe.

+1 letter: becloud, bloused, boulder, doubled, doubler, doubles, doublet, unlobed.

+2 letters: beclouds, befouled, bludgeon, bluewood, boulders, bouldery, bulldoze, doublers, doublets, doublure, laboured, obliqued, redouble, troubled, unbolted, undoable, undouble, unilobed, upboiled.

+3 letters: beclouded, bludgeons, blueblood, bluewoods, bouldered, boulevard, boundless, boxhauled, buffaloed, bulldozed, bulldozer, bulldozes, burladero, doodlebug, doubleton, doublures, doubtable, doubtless, lobulated, outbawled, outblazed, outbulked, outfabled, overbuild, pureblood, quodlibet, redoubled, redoubles, soundable, subcooled, subsoiled, unbeloved, unblocked, unblooded, undoubled, undoubles.