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redoubled

redoubled is the simple past and past participle of redouble.

Meaning of redouble

Verb

redouble (third-person singular simple present redoubles, present participle redoubling, simple past and past participle redoubled)

  1. (transitive) To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
    • Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
  2. To double an opponent's doubling bid.
  3. (intransitive) To become twice as big.
  4. 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

See all 5 meanings of redouble

Forms of redoubled

comparativemore redoubled
superlativemost redoubled

Words formed from redoubled

Questions about redoubled

What is redoubled the simple past and past participle of?
Redoubled is the simple past and past participle of redouble.

Words near redoubled in the dictionary

  1. redosing
  2. redosings
  3. Redouan
  4. Redouans
  5. redouble
  6. redoubled
  7. redoubledly
  8. redoublement
  9. redoublements
  10. redoubles
  11. redoublest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: redoubled (page history and authors); redouble (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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