/ˈdʌbəl/
Translation
Twice as big or twice as many; or made of two parts that are the same.
Word origin
From Old French doble, from Latin duplus, meaning twofold.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- duplus
- English cognates
- duplicate
Examples
booked .
A "double" room is a room with a bed for two people.
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Here "double" means two times the usual price.
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"Double" here means the same letter twice.
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Grammar articles
(13)Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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