Meaning of double | Babel Free
ˈdʌb.əlDefinitions
- A compound attack that deceives the opponent's attempted circular parry.
- A surname
- A surname.
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Collectively, both the Indianapolis 500, a day race, and the Coca-Cola 600, an evening race, both of which are run on Memorial Day weekend Sunday. Used concerning racers who (wish[/ed/ing] to) participat[e/ed/ing] in both events, typically using a private jet to travel between Indianapolis, Indiana, after the 500 and Charlotte, North Carolina, to get to the 600. US
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A hit for two bases.
- twofold
- Collectively, both the Indianapolis 500, a day race, and the Coca-Cola 600, an evening race, both of which are run on Memorial Day weekend Sunday. Used concerning racers who (wish[/ed/ing] to) participat[e/ed/ing] in both events, typically using a private jet to travel between Indianapolis, Indiana, after the 500 and Charlotte, North Carolina, to get to the 600
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
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or noun plural in tennis etc, a kind of match with two players on each side. I enjoy playing doubles; (also adjective) a doubles match. dubbels مُباراه ثُنائِيّه (مع إثْنَين) мач на двойки duplos čtyřhra das Doppel double αγώνας μεταξύ ζευγαριών dobles paarismäng دو نفره nelinpeli double; de double מִשחָק זוּגוֹת בְּטֶנִיס डबल parovi páros (sportban) ganda tvíliðaleikur; tvenndarleikur doppio ダブルス 2인조 dvejetai (tenisā) dubultspēle; dubultspēles- berdua dubbelspeldouble debel دوه ګونس duplos d... noun plural
- double, twice as much
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- a spy paid by each of two countries hostile to each other. dubbel agent, spioen عَميل مُزْدَوِج двоен агент agente duplo dvojitý špion der Doppelagent dobbeltagent διπλός πράκτορας agente doble topeltagent جاسوس دوجانبه kaksoisagentti agent/-ente double סוֹכֵן כָּפוּל दोहरा, दो दुश्मन देशों का गुप्तचर dvostruki špijun kettős ügynök agen ganda njósnari sem leikur tveim skjöldum (spia che fa il doppio gioco) 2重スパイ 이중 간첩 dviem šalims tarnaujantis agentas spiegs vienlaicīgi divām pusēm pengintip ...
- a doppleganger, a double
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- a type of large stringed instrument, the largest and deepest in sound of the violin family. kontrabas أكْبَر آله وَتَرِيَّه تُشْبِه الكَمان контра бас contrabaixo kontrabas der Kontrabaß kontrabas κοντραμπάσοcontrabajo kontrabass کنترباس؛ صدای بسیار بم kontrabasso contrebasse בִטנוּן दोहरी गूंज dvostruki bas nagybőgő kontrabas kontrabassi contrabbasso ダブルベース 더블 베이스 kontrabosas kontrabass bass besar contrabaskontrabasskontrabas دیړه جیږه آواز contrabaixo contrabas контрабас kontrabas kontrabas...
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- containing a double bed. a double-bedded room. dubbel kamer ذات سَريرَيْن с двойно легло de casal dvoulůžkový Doppelbett-... med to senge; dobbeltrum που έχει διπλό κρεβάτι de matrimonio kaheinimesevoodiga دو تخته kahden sängyn à grand lit בָּעַל שְׁתֵי מִיטוֹת डबल बेड dvokrevetna soba kétágyas (szoba) bertempat tidur besar herbergi með tvíbreiðu rúmi con letto matrimoniale/a due piazze ダブルベッドのある 2인용 침대가 있는 su dvigule lova ar divguļamu gultu; ar divām gultām dua katil met tweepersoonsbed (rom...
- A two-base hit.
- to check something again. double-check the results of the experiment. dubbel kontroleer يَفْحَصُ ثانِيَةً проверявам повторно verificar novamente překontrolovat, ještě jednou zkontrolovat die Zweitprüfung dobbeltchecke; krydsrevidere διπλοελέγχω revisar de nuevo üle kontrollima مجدداً بررسی کردن tarkistaa uudelleen vérifier à nouveau לִבדוֹק שוּב अच्छी तरह से चेक करना dvostruka provjera kétszeresen ellenőriz memeriksa kembali controllare due volte 再点検する 재확인 tikrinti pakartotinai atkārtoti pār...
- to betray (someone for whom one has already arranged to do something deceitful). verraai يَخون، يَخْدَع предавам trair zradit hintergehen lave numre med; snyde προδίδωtraicionar, engañar tüssama نارو زدن pettää trahir, doubler לִבגוֹד धोखा देना dvostruka prijevara becsap (cinkostársat) mengkhianati svíkja fare il doppio gioco, tradire 裏切る 이중 배반 persimesti į kitą pusę, tarnauti dviem šeimininkams piekrāpt (nozieguma līdzdalībnieku) khianat dubbel spel spelen met lure, snyteprzechytrzyć, `wyrol...
- A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- cheating and deceitfulness. bedrieëry شَخْص مَنافِق، ذو وَجْهَيْن двуличен traição falešnost, obojetnost, dvojí hra die Falschheit dobbeltspil; bedrageri δολιότητα doble juego kahepalgelisus دورویی؛ حقه بازی huijaus double jeuרמאות धोखाधड़ी prijevara kétszínűség penipuan undirferli, tvöfeldni doppiezza, falsità 裏表のある言行 표리부동 veidmainiavimas, dviveidiškumas divkosība penipuan bedrogdobbeltspill dwulicowość دوه پښټه traição joc dublu двурушничество dvojtvárnosť dvojna igra dvoličnost dubbelspel ...
- A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- cheating. You double-dealing liar! bedrieënde خِداع، غِش، خِيانَه двуличен traidor licoměrný, pokrytecký falsch bedragerisk δόλιοςhipócrita, falso kahepalgeline حقه باز huijaava hypocrite, fauxרמאי धोखेबाज varajući kétszínű munafik svikull, undirförull falso, ipocrita 裏表のある 표리 부동한 veidmainis, dviveidis divkosīgs tipu valsfalskobłudny چال باز traidor ipocrit, cu două feţe двурушнический falošný hinavski dvoličan falsk, ohederlig ขี้โกง dolandırıcı, iki yüzlü 兩面派的 дворушницький بے ایمانی کرنے و...
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
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a bus etc having two decks or levels. verdieping باص ذو طابِقَيْن двуетажен автобус (ônibus) de dois andares patrový autobus der Doppeldecker dobbeltdækker διώροφο λεωφορείο autobus de dos pisos kahekorruseline buss وسیلۀ دو طبقه kaksikerroksinen linja-auto autobus à impériale אוֹטוֹבּוּס דוּ-קוֹמָתִי डबल डेकर autobus na dva kata emeletes autóbusz bertingkat tvílyftur strætisvagn autobus a due piani, nave a due ponti 二階付きバス 2층 버스 dviaukštis autobusas, dvidenis laivas divstāvu autobuss bas dua... etc
- The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- A hit on this ring.
- A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A double-precision floating-point number.
- Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- A boat for two scullers.
- The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
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A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou. historical
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A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny. Guernsey, historical
- Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- A double feast.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
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A double-cross or betrayal. dated, slang
Equivalents
አማርኛ
ድርብ
Dansk
dobbelt
Deutsch
ballen
doppel-
Doppelgänger
doppellagig
doppeln
doppelt
doppelte
doppelter
doubeln
Double
gefüllt
Kontra
kontra-
kontrieren
sich verdoppeln
sich verzweifachen
verdoppeln
verzweifachen
Zweier
zweilagig
Español
acumular doblemente
apretar
bicapa
circunnavegar
doblado
doblar
doble
dobles
duplado (disused)
dúplex
duplicado
duplicar
duplicar la velocidad
duplicarse
dúplice
duplo
emparejar
encorvado
hacer de doble de
hacer las veces de
redoblado
redoblar
redoblarse
ser doble de
torcer
Euskara
bikoitz
فارسی
دوبل
Suomi
kahdelle
kaksikko
kaksinkertainen
kaksinkertaistaa
kaksinkertaistua
kaksitasoinen
kaksois-
kaksoiskappale
kaksoisolento
kerrata
kerrottu
kiertää
korvata
laskostaa
liittää
pari
puristaa
toistaa
tupla
tupla-
tuplata
Galego
dobre
Hausa
biyu
ខ្មែរ
ទ្វេ
Македонски
двоен
മലയാളം
ഇരട്ടി
Bahasa Melayu
kembar
Polski
dubel
dubla
dublet
dublować
duplikat
dwojaki
dwu-
dwumiejscowy
dwuosobowy
kontra
odbicie
podwajać
podwajać się
podwoić
podwoić się
podwójny
sobowtór
zastąpić
zastępować
Slovenčina
dvojitý
Shqip
dysh
Svenska
dubbel
dubbelgångare
dubbelvikt
dubbla
dubblera
dubblett
duplicera
ersätta
fördubbla
runda
språngmarsch
tvåfaldig
tvetydig
Kiswahili
maradufu
తెలుగు
రెట్టింపు
اردو
دُگنا
Examples
“Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.”
“On second thought, make that a double.”
“According to the description our captain had given me of Peter Sandaker once when he had dropped behind on the march, he was particularly good at telling tales and stories about goblin-birds, doubles, and fairies, and had a special fancy for entering into the most minute details, whenever he commenced telling about one or the other of the eighteen bears he had killed in his time.”
“I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles.”
“Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles.”
“The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.”
“Brecel fired in doubles, a succession of stunning long pots and seemingly cleared balls at will as he rattled through the first four frames in under an hour.”
“Not only did I collect on the double; I had the win and the place money as well.”
“The sine function returns a double.”
“DJ Campbell grabbed a second-half double as Blackpool made Sunderland pay for a host of missed chances to secure a fifth away league win of the season.”
“In 1996, Michael Johnson achieved a double by winning both the 200 and 400 meter dashes.”
“As for doubles, they are not worth anything now; and I have still got an egg-cupful my mother used to keep handy to give the baker change from a farthing.”
“The saxophone is a valuable and rewarding double, and opens up many gigs that aren’t available to players of just the “orchestral” woodwinds.”
“His fellows had chaffed him much upon the way that astute adventurer had bamboozled him, or, in their vernacular, "put the double on him," and vowed that all his energies should be devoted to a return match.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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