Double | Mean of double in English Dictionary

/ˈdʌbəl/

• made of two parts that are similar or exactly the same
1. One of the eggs had a double yolk.
2. The truck crossed the double yellow line and entered the other lane.
3. My name is “Allison,” with a double “l.”
4. The band is releasing a double album [=a set of two records, CDs, etc.] later this year.
5. Go through those double doors and walk to the end of the hall.
6. He was convicted of a double murder. [=of killing two people at the same time]
• having two very different parts or qualities
1. He served a double [=dual] role as both king and servant to his people.
2. His statement has a double meaning. [=it means two different things]
3. In this film, he does double duty [=performs two roles] as both actor and director.
4. She was a newspaper reporter who led/lived a double life as a spy.
• of a size that is twice as big as usual
1. I'll have a double espresso, please.
2. two double martinis
3. a double dose of medicine
4. Line the pan with a double thickness [=two layers] of foil.
5. a double order of fries

• coming from two different places or sources
1. families with a double income [=two incomes]
• two times as great or as many as the number, amount, size, etc., of something else
1. The college had double [=twice] the number of expected applicants.
2. Our new car was double the price of our last one.
3. The CEO's salary is nearly double that of the president.
• made for two people to use
1. We'll need a double room.
2. a room with a double bed
• having more than the usual number of petals
1. double flowers/blooms
• Verb
• to cause (something) to become two times as great or as many
1. They doubled their winnings.
• to become two times as great or as many
1. The price of the house had doubled. = The house had doubled in price.
• to have a second job or use
1. Our couch often doubles as a bed. [=is often used as a bed]
2. Their living room doubles as a home office.
• to bend or fold (something, such as a piece of paper) usually in the middle
1. I doubled over the paper and put it in my notebook.
• to bend forward at the waist
1. We all doubled over laughing.
2. He doubled up in pain.
3. The pain doubled him over. = He was doubled over with pain.
• to hit a double
1. He doubled to left field.
• to turn around and return on the same path
1. I'm going to double back to see if I dropped the ring on the way here.
• to share a place to live or sleep that is made for one person or one family
1. Some families have to double up [=live with another family] in crowded apartments.
2. There was only one bed, so we had to double up.
• to use or do two times as many of (something)
1. I'm going to have to double up on [=take twice as many] classes this semester if I want to graduate this year.
• Noun
• something that is two times the usual size, strength, or amount
1. I'll have one more glass of vodka. Make it a double, please.
• someone who looks very much like another person
1. People often tell me that I'm his double.
• a person who looks like an actor and takes the actor's place in some scenes in a movie or TV show
1. The actress's double did all of the dangerous scenes.
2. Can you tell if it's the actor or his double in that shot?
• a hit in baseball that allows a batter to reach second base
1. He hit a double in the eighth inning.
• a game of tennis or a similar sport that is played between two pairs of players
1. We play doubles with another couple on the weekends.
2. He's my doubles partner.
• a room in a hotel, inn, etc., for two people
1. We'll need a double for the night.
• a gambling bet in which you could win two times as much money as you have already won or you could lose all of the money
1. I won $20 on the first game but lost it on the second game going double or nothing.
• very quickly
1. I need you back here on the double. [=immediately]
• two times as many or as much
1. The last question on the exam counts double. [=is worth twice as many points]
2. I was charged/billed double. [=twice the usual amount]
• two times
1. I was double-charged/billed. [=I was charged/billed twice for the same product or service]
• to fold in the middle
1. I held on tight as my fishing rod bent double.
2. He bent double [=doubled over] in pain.
• to see two things when only one thing is present
1. As her eyesight got worse, she began seeing double.