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doubleth

doubleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

See all 69 meanings of double

Origin of doubleth

double + -eth

Questions about doubleth

What is doubleth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Doubleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of double.

Words near doubleth in the dictionary

  1. doubletap
  2. doubletapped
  3. doubletapping
  4. doubletaps
  5. doubleted
  6. doubleth
  7. doublethink
  8. doublethinked
  9. doublethinker
  10. doublethinkers
  11. doublethinking

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