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double-spaced

double-spaced adjective: formatted so that there is a full blank line between each line of text; the style of formatting required by many entities inside business, academia, and publishing. Also the simple past and past participle of double-space.

Adjective

double-spaced (not comparable)

  1. Formatted so that there is a full blank line between each line of text; the style of formatting required by many entities inside business, academia, and publishing.
    • All I do know for certain is that I had something happy and exciting to tell you—and on just one side of the paper, doublespaced — and I knew when I got home that it was mostly gone, or all gone, and there was nothing left to do but go through the motions.1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961

Also used as

double-spaced is also the simple past and past participle of double-space.

Forms of double-spaced

alternative formdoublespaced

Questions about double-spaced

What does double-spaced mean?
Double-spaced means formatted so that there is a full blank line between each line of text; the style of formatting required by many entities inside business, academia, and publishing.
What part of speech is double-spaced?
Double-spaced is an adjective.

Words near double-spaced in the dictionary

  1. double-sided tapes
  2. double-six
  3. double-slit experiment
  4. double-slit experiments
  5. double-space
  6. double-spaced
  7. double-spaces
  8. double-spacing
  9. double-stop
  10. double-stopped
  11. double-stopping

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