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  • 91double — I n. double time, accelerated marching cadence (usu. mil.) 1) at, on the double misc. 2) (colloq.) on the double ( very quickly ) II v. (D; intr.) ( to do smt. additional ) to double as (the gardener doubled as the chauffeur) * * * [ dʌbl] [… …

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  • 92double — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Double is used after these nouns: ↑stunt {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ more than ▪ Our profits have more than doubled this year. ▪ almost, nearly …

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  • 93double — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. twofold, duplicate, duplex, dual. v. t. duplicate, increase, twofold; fold. n. duplication; twin, counterpart; understudy, stand in. See copy, similarity, substitution. on the double II (Roget s IV) …

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  • 94double as — phrasal verb double as or double up as [transitive] Word forms double as : present tense I/you/we/they double as he/she/it doubles as present participle doubling as past tense doubled as past participle doubled as double (up) as something to have …

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  • 95double — / dʌb(ə)l/ adjective twice as large or two times the size ● Their turnover is double ours. ♦ to be on double time to earn twice the usual wages for working on Sundays or other holidays ♦ in double figures with two figures, from 10 to 99 ●… …

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  • 96double — / dʌb(ə)l/ adjective twice as large or two times the size ● Their turnover is double ours. ♦ to be on double time to earn twice the usual wages for working on Sundays or other holidays ♦ in double figures with two figures, from 10 to 99 ●… …

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  • 97Double R — Joeystarr Pour les articles homonymes, voir Starr. Joeystarr …

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  • 98Double je —  Pour l’article homophone, voir Double jeu. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Double je (homonymie) …

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  • 99double up — v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to share living accommodations ) to double up with 2) (misc.) to double up in pain * * * [ dʌbl ʌp] (D; intr.) ( to share living accommodations ) to double up with (misc.) to double up in pain …

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  • 100double — [13] Double comes via Old French doble or duble from Latin duplus (direct source of English duple [16]). This was a compound adjective formed from duo ‘two’ and an Indo European element *pl which denoted ‘folding’ (it is present also in English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins