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Results for: "double"

Translating from English to Danish

Translations:

double — made up of two matching or complementary elements
→ dobbelt
double — twice the quantity
→ dobbelt
→ todobbelt
double — a person resembling or standing for another
→ dobbeltgænger

More translations:

double
→ dobbelt
double
→ dobbeltdøre; dobbelt-
double
→ dobbeltseng; dobbelt-
double
→ to gange; dobbelt
double
→ det dobbelte
double
→ dobbeltgænger
double
→ fordoble
double
→ arbejde ekstra som; tjener også som

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 5

  1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

    • “he hit a double to deep centerfield”
    Synonymstwo-base hittwo-baggertwo-baser
  2. a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

    • “his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable”
    Synonymsstunt manstunt woman
  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”
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  1. a quantity that is twice as great as another

    • “36 is the double of 18”
  2. raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

    • “I decided his double was a bluff”
    Synonymsdoubling

VERB 6

  1. increase twofold

    • “The population doubled within 50 years”
    Synonymsduplicate
  2. hit a two-base hit

  3. bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

    • “He doubled and vomited violently”
    Synonymsdouble overdouble up
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  1. do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions

    • “She doubles as his wife and secretary”
  2. bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)

  3. make or do or perform again

    • “He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick”

ADJECTIVE 7

  1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson

    • “a double (or dual) role for an actor”
    • “the office of a clergyman is twofold”
    • “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”
    Synonymsdualduple
  3. twice as great or many

    • “ate a double portion”
    • “the dose is doubled”
    • “a twofold increase”
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  1. used 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”
  2. used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

    Synonymsbivalent
  3. large enough for two

    • “a double bed”
    • “a double room”
  4. having two meanings with intent to deceive

    • “a sly double meaning”
    • “spoke with forked tongue”
    Synonymsforked

ADVERB 3

  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”
    Synonymsdoublytwice