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double figures

double figures noun: composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99.

Noun

double figures pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99.
    • The winger reached double figures for the season with a clinical hat-trick to send Claudio Ranieri’s team back to the top of the tree, strengthening their case to be this year’s Christmas No 1.2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London)
    Synonyms:
    double digits

Synonyms of double figures

Questions about double figures

What does double figures mean?
Double figures means composed of two digits, i.e. between 10 and 99.
What part of speech is double figures?
Double figures is a noun.

Words near double figures in the dictionary

  1. double faults
  2. double feast
  3. double feasts
  4. double feature
  5. double features
  6. double figures
  7. double file
  8. double files
  9. double first
  10. double first cousin
  11. double first cousins

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