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double-spacing

double-spacing is the present participle and gerund of double-space.

Meaning of double-space

Verb

double-space (third-person singular simple present double-spaces, present participle double-spacing, simple past and past participle double-spaced)

  1. (transitive) To type (or format) text by leaving a blank line between each line of text.
  2. (intransitive) To type (or format) text with two spaces between consecutive sentences.

Questions about double-spacing

What is double-spacing the present participle and gerund of?
Double-spacing is the present participle and gerund of double-space.

Words near double-spacing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-spacing (page history and authors); double-space (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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