a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
Used in a Sentence
double
How to use double in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for double.
Editorial note
If you double it, you keep the profit.
Examples10
Definitions21
Parts of speech4
Quick take
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of double gathered in one view.
a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for double.
noun
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
See also: two-bagger, two-baser
noun
a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
noun
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
See also: image, look-alike
noun
a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18"
noun
raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"
See also: doubling
verb
increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
See also: duplicate
verb
hit a two-base hit
verb
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"
verb
do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
verb
bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
verb
make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
See also: duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
adjective
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
See also: dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold
adjective
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"
adjective
twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
adjective
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"
adjective
used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
See also: bivalent
adjective
large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
adjective
having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
See also: forked
adverb
downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain"
adverb
two together; "some people sleep better double"
adverb
to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"
Example sentences
If you double it, you keep the profit.
Indent the first line by X inches, double-space here, single-space there?
However, people were right to point out that this does not really scale when you have more than one float input or if you want to talk about doubles.
Based on prior knowledge of this machine, I'm issuing one prefetch 512B ahead per 128B double-cacheline.
[edit -- apologies for the awry double pasted text in the original post]
They will continue to double down until it is physically impossible for them to continue doing so.
Because I'll have some minor extension of my abilities within a double-walled garden?Aim higher.
This is why SMT solvers supporting floating point numbers is so exciting: it makes this sort of approach practical even for programs that use lots of doubles.
For a long time the New York Times had a javascript thing that would pop up a dictionary reference for anything you double clicked on. As someone who compulsively doubleclicks to highlight and unhighlight, it bugged the hell out of me.
The columbia journalism review author double counted inflation.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use double in a sentence?
If you double it, you keep the profit.
What does double mean?
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"
What part of speech is double?
double is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective, adverb.