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doubled

Syllables: doub·led/ˈdʌbl̩d/

doubled is the simple past and past participle of double.

Meaning of double

Verb

double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)

  1. (transitive) To multiply by two.
    • The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
    Synonyms:
    redouble
  2. (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
    • Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
  3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
    • Thus re-inforc’d, againſt the adverſe Fleet / Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way.1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 119, page 31
  4. (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
    • To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
  5. (sometimes, transitive) To clench (a fist).
  6. To get a two-base hit.
    • The batter doubled into the corner.

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Words formed from doubled

Phrases with doubled

Questions about doubled

What is doubled the simple past and past participle of?
Doubled is the simple past and past participle of double.
How do you pronounce doubled?
Doubled is pronounced /ˈdʌbl̩d/.

Words near doubled in the dictionary

  1. doublecross
  2. doublecrossed
  3. doublecrosses
  4. doublecrossing
  5. doublecrossings
  6. doubled
  7. doubled back
  8. doubled down
  9. doubled in brass
  10. doubled off
  11. doubled over

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