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adjectiveYou use double to indicate that something includes or is made of two things of the same kind....a pair of double doors into the room from the new entrance hall....a lone skier gliding along smooth double tracks....three varieties: double toffee, double chocolate, and vanilla.You use double before a singular noun to refer to two things of the same type that occur together, or that are connected in some way....an extremely nasty double murder.The government committed a double blunder.It was to have been a double wedding.You use double to describe something which is twice the normal size or can hold twice the normal quantity of something....a double helping of ice cream....a large double garage.Allow the loaves to rise until just about double in size.A double room is a room intended for two people, usually a couple, to stay or live in....bed and breakfast for £180 for two people in a double room.The Great Western Hotel costs around £60 a night for a double.A double bed is a bed that is wide enough for two people to sleep in.You use double to describe a drink that is twice the normal measure.He was drinking his double whiskey too fast and scowling.Give me a whisky, a double.Double is used when you are spelling a word or telling someone a number to show that a letter or digit is repeated.Ring four two double two double two if you'd like to speak to our financial adviser.predeterminerIf something is double the amount or size of another thing, it is twice as large.The offer was to start a new research laboratory at double the salary he was then getting....tropical Queensland, more than double the size of Texas.If they think you're a tourist, they charge you double.verbWhen something doubles or when you double it, it becomes twice as great in number, amount, or size.The number of managers must double to 100 within 3 years.The program will double the amount of money available to help pay for child care.If a person or thing doubles as someone or something else, they have a second job or purpose as well as their main one....a farmer who doubles as a night nurse.Lots of homes in town double as businesses.The lids of the casserole dishes are designed to double up as baking dishes.nounIf you refer to someone as a person's double, you mean that they look exactly like them.Your mother sees you as her double.In tennis or badminton, when people play doubles, two teams consisting of two players on each team play against each other on the same court. A2

word	double
definition	adjective You use double to indicate that something includes or is made of two things of the same kind. ...a pair of double doors into the room from the new entrance hall. ...a lone skier gliding along smooth double tracks. ...three varieties: double toffee, double chocolate, and vanilla. You use double before a singular noun to refer to two things of the same type that occur together, or that are connected in some way. ...an extremely nasty double murder. The government committed a double blunder. It was to have been a double wedding. You use double to describe something which is twice the normal size or can hold twice the normal quantity of something. ...a double helping of ice cream. ...a large double garage. Allow the loaves to rise until just about double in size. A double room is a room intended for two people, usually a couple, to stay or live in. ...bed and breakfast for £180 for two people in a double room. The Great Western Hotel costs around £60 a night for a double. A double bed is a bed that is wide enough for two people to sleep in. You use double to describe a drink that is twice the normal measure. He was drinking his double whiskey too fast and scowling. Give me a whisky, a double. Double is used when you are spelling a word or telling someone a number to show that a letter or digit is repeated. Ring four two double two double two if you'd like to speak to our financial adviser. predeterminer If something is double the amount or size of another thing, it is twice as large. The offer was to start a new research laboratory at double the salary he was then getting. ...tropical Queensland, more than double the size of Texas. If they think you're a tourist, they charge you double. verb When something doubles or when you double it, it becomes twice as great in number, amount, or size. The number of managers must double to 100 within 3 years. The program will double the amount of money available to help pay for child care. If a person or thing doubles as someone or something else, they have a second job or purpose as well as their main one. ...a farmer who doubles as a night nurse. Lots of homes in town double as businesses. The lids of the casserole dishes are designed to double up as baking dishes. noun If you refer to someone as a person's double, you mean that they look exactly like them. Your mother sees you as her double. In tennis or badminton, when people play doubles, two teams consisting of two players on each team play against each other on the same court.
inflections	doublesdoublingdoubled
cefr-level	A2

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