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Meaning of double | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈdʌb.əl

Definitions

  1. A compound attack that deceives the opponent's attempted circular parry.
  2. A surname
  3. A surname.
  4. 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
  5. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
  6. A hit for two bases.
  7. twofold
  8. 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
  9. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
  10. A drink with two portions of alcohol.
  11. 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
  12. double, twice as much
  13. A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
  14. 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 ...
  15. a doppleganger, a double
  16. A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
  17. 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...
  18. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  19. A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
  20. 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...
  21. A two-base hit.
  22. 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...
  23. 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...
  24. A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
  25. 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 ...
  26. A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
  27. 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...
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
  31. A hit on this ring.
  32. A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
  33. A double-precision floating-point number.
  34. Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
  35. A boat for two scullers.
  36. The feat of scoring twice in one game.
  37. The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
  38. The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
  39. A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
    historical
  40. A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
    Guernsey, historical
  41. Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
  42. A double feast.
  43. Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
  44. A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
  45. A double-cross or betrayal.
    dated, slang

Equivalents

አማርኛ ድርብ
العربية الضّعف ثنائي شفع شق ضعف
Bosanski dobro dubla duble dvojnik runda
Català doblar doble
Čeština debl dvojitý dvojník flek zdvojnásobit
Cymraeg dwbl dwbwl
Dansk dobbelt
Esperanto duobla duobligi duopa
Euskara bikoitz
فارسی دوبل
Français double double double doubler doublon sosie
Galego dobre
Hausa biyu
עברית הכפיל כפול
Hrvatski dobro dubla duble dvojnik runda
Italiano doppia doppiare doppio doppione sosia
ქართული ორეული ორმაგი
ខ្មែរ ទ្វេ
한국어 2루타 두 배의 이중
Kurdî çift dublor
Latina binus duplex duplico duplus
Македонски двоен
മലയാളം ഇരട്ടി
Bahasa Melayu kembar
Português dobrar dobro duplicar duplo sósia
Română dubla dublat dublu îndoi
Slovenčina dvojitý
Shqip dysh
Српски dobro dubla duble dvojnik runda
Kiswahili maradufu
తెలుగు రెట్టింపు
Türkçe çift duble dublör ikili
اردو دُگنا
Tiếng Việt đôi đội gấp đôi kép song

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
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