Dictionary entry details
• DOUBLE (noun)
Meaning:
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
double; two-bagger; two-base hit; two-baser
Context example:
he hit a double to deep centerfield
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double"):
line double; line-drive double (a double resulting from a line drive)
Meaning:
A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stunt woman; stunt man; double
Context example:
his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
backup; backup man; fill-in; relief; reliever; stand-in; substitute (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult))
Meaning:
Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
look-alike; double; image
Context examples:
he could be Gingrich's double / she's the very image of her mother
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double"):
clone; dead ringer; ringer (a person who is almost identical to another)
Meaning:
A quantity that is twice as great as another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
36 is the double of 18
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
multiple (the product of a quantity by an integer)
Meaning:
Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
doubling; double
Context example:
I decided his double was a bluff
Hypernyms ("double" is a kind of...):
raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))
Holonyms ("double" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
• DOUBLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
Synonyms:
twofold; two-fold; double; three-fold; threefold; dual; treble
Context examples:
a double (or dual) role for an actor / the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence / every episode has its double and treble meaning
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Meaning:
Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
Synonyms:
dual; duple; double
Context examples:
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
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Meaning:
Twice as great or many
Synonyms:
doubled; twofold; two-fold; double
Context examples:
ate a double portion / the dose is doubled / a twofold increase
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Meaning:
Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
Context example:
double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
single (used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals)
Meaning:
Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
Synonyms:
bivalent; double
Attribute:
valence; valency ((biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Meaning:
Large enough for two
Context examples:
a double bed / a double room
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Meaning:
Having two meanings with intent to deceive
Synonyms:
forked; double
Context examples:
a sly double meaning / spoke with forked tongue
Similar:
ambiguous; equivocal (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead)
• DOUBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Increase twofold
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
double; duplicate
Context example:
The population doubled within 50 years
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
manifold; multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "double"):
redouble (double again)
geminate (arrange or combine in pairs)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
They double their earnings this year
Their earnings double this year
Also:
double up (stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager)
Meaning:
Hit a two-base hit
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
double over; double up; double
Context example:
He doubled and vomited violently
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
bend; flex (form a curve)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
She doubles as his wife and secretary
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
function; go; operate; run; work (perform as expected when applied)
Sentence frame:
It is ----ing
Meaning:
Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make or do or perform again
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate; double
Context example:
He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
Hypernyms (to "double" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "double"):
copy; replicate (reproduce or make an exact copy of)
recapitulate (repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life)
geminate; reduplicate (form by reduplication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
• DOUBLE (adverb)
Meaning:
Downward and forward
Context example:
he was bent double with pain
Meaning:
Two together
Context example:
some people sleep better double
Meaning:
To double the degree
Synonyms:
doubly; twice; double
Context examples:
she was doubly rewarded / his eyes were double bright
