redouble
redouble verb: to double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
Verb
redouble (third-person singular simple present redoubles, present participle redoubling, simple past and past participle redoubled)
- To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
- Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
- Every item of intelligence appeared to redouble the astonishment of the islanders, and they gazed at us with inquiring looks.1846, Herman Melville, Typee, ch. 10
- To double an opponent's doubling bid.
- To become twice as big.
- To double again what was reduced to a single state.
- Like the Conservatives and Labour, the Lib Dems plan to extend Britain's rail network, reopen stations and redouble singled routes.2019 December 4, “Lib Dems promise fares freeze and low-emission technology”, in Rail, page 6
Noun
redouble (plural redoubles)
redouble meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
redouble in Tamil
- ஆற்றலிரட்டிப்பு
redouble in Urdu
- redouble
- اضافہ کرنا izāfa karnā
redouble in Bengali
- দ্বিগুণ করা, তীব্রতর করা
redouble in Malayalam
- വീണ്ടും ഇരട്ടിപ്പിക്കുക, വീണ്ടും വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുക, വീണ്ടും അധികമാക്കുക
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- redouble in Kannada
- ಇಮ್ಮಡಿಸು, ಅಧಿಕಗೊಳಿಸು, ದುಪ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡು, ತೀವ್ರಗೊಳಿಸು
Examples of redouble in a sentence
- The police redoubled their efforts to capture the thieves.1903 October 21, “Plunder Hidden in Graves”, in New York Times, page 16:
- He heard the footsteps of his pursuers behind him, and redoubled his own pace.1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
- With suggestions that inflation will rise above 15%, I have no doubt that today's trade union leaders will redouble their efforts to secure their members a good deal.2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3:
Forms of redouble
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | redoubles |
| present participle | redoubling |
| past participle | redoubled |
| past | redoubled |
| Noun | |
| plural | redoubles |
Origin of redouble
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.
Words that rhyme with redouble
Questions about redouble
- What does redouble mean?
- Redouble means to double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
- What is redouble in Tamil?
- Redouble in Tamil is ஆற்றலிரட்டிப்பு. See Redouble meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use redouble in a sentence?
- The police redoubled their efforts to capture the thieves.
- What part of speech is redouble?
- Redouble can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of redouble?
- The past tense of redouble is redoubled.
Words near redouble in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: redouble (page history and authors); redouble (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اضافہ کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); redouble (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redouble (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redouble (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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