Definition

1. Verb:
   • To type or format text leaving a full blank line between each line of text: The action of inserting a full, empty line of space between lines of typed or printed text, often to improve readability or to allow room for handwritten notes or corrections.

Usage

• This verb is used in the context of writing, typing, and document formatting.
• It is often used in the imperative mood for giving instructions (e.g., "Please double-space your essay.").
• It can be used in the passive voice (e.g., "The manuscript should be double-spaced.").
• The action results in a document where the vertical distance between lines is approximately twice the height of a single line of text.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The professor asked the students to double-space their research papers.
  • Remember to double-space the entire document before you print it.
  • Most academic journals require that submissions be double-spaced.
  • I double-spaced my draft so my editor would have space to write comments.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifier (hyphenated): The term is commonly used as a hyphenated adjective to describe text formatted in this way.

  • Please submit a double-spaced document.
  • The double-spaced lines made the text much easier to read.

• Instructional Context: Frequently appears in style guides and submission guidelines.

  • "All essays must be typed and double-spaced using a 12-point font."

Variants and Related Words

• Double-spacing (noun): The result or practice of formatting text with a full space between lines.

  • The use of double-spacing is standard for manuscript submissions.

• Single-space (verb): To type or format text with no blank line between lines of text.

  • For the final version, you should single-space the document.

• Line spacing (noun): The general term for the vertical distance between lines of text, which can be single, 1.5, double, etc.

Synonyms

• Format with double spacing: A more formal or descriptive way to give the same instruction.

Antonyms

• Single-space: To type with no intervening blank line.

Verb

1. type with a full space between lines