doubling
doubling is the present participle and gerund of double.
Noun
doubling (countable and uncountable, plural doublings)
- The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two.
- In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels.1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242
- Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36
- The act of turning around, or doubling back.
- A pleat or fold.
- A trick; double-dealing.
Meaning of double
Verb
double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)
- To multiply by two.
- The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- Synonyms:
- redouble
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
- 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
- To fold over so as to make two folds.
- To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
- To clench (a fist).
- To get a two-base hit.
- The batter doubled into the corner.
Forms of doubling
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Words formed from doubling
Phrases with doubling
Questions about doubling
- What does doubling mean?
- Doubling means the process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two.
- What is doubling the present participle and gerund of?
- Doubling is the present participle and gerund of double.
- What part of speech is doubling?
- Doubling is a noun.
- What is the plural of doubling?
- The plural of doubling is doublings.
Words near doubling in the dictionary
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