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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. (ambitransitive) To format (a document) so that every other line is left blank, leaving sufficient whitespace for annotation (e.g. a teacher's corrections).

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 shuffles
  2. double small pica
  3. double space
  4. double spaced
  5. double spaces
  6. double spacing
  7. double spread
  8. double spreads
  9. Double Spring
  10. Double Springs
  11. double standard

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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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