doubled
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Made twice as great or as many; multiplied by two: Describes something that has been increased to two times its original amount, size, or number.
- Consisting of two equivalent parts; folded in two: Describes something that is bent or arranged so one part lies on another, creating two layers.
Usage
- The adjective doubled is used to describe a state resulting from an action. It often follows a linking verb (like , , ) or modifies a noun directly.
- It indicates a completed change from a single or original state to a state of being twice as much.
Examples
- Following a linking verb:
- Our profits doubled last quarter. (Our profits became twice as large.)
- The recipe said the ingredients should be doubled to serve more people. (The quantities should be made twice as large.)
- Modifying a noun directly:
- She held a doubled piece of paper. (A piece of paper folded to make two layers.)
- The player received a doubled score for the correct answer. (A score that was twice the usual amount.)
Advanced Usage
- In games and scoring: Often used in contexts like board games (e.g., backgammon) where points or stakes are multiplied by two.
- He accepted the doubled stakes in the backgammon match.
- In mathematics and data: Used to describe values or rates.
- The city saw a doubled incidence of the phenomenon. (The occurrence rate became two times higher.)
Variants and Related Words
- Double (verb): To make or become twice as much or as many.
- The company aims to double its production.
- Double (noun): Something that is twice the usual size, amount, strength, etc., or a person who looks exactly like another.
- He ordered a double of whiskey.
- Double (adjective): Having two parts, uses, etc.; twice as much.
- She has a double major in physics and chemistry.
Synonyms
- Duplicated: Made an exact copy of; repeated.
- Twofold: Twice as great or as numerous; having two parts.
- Redoubled: Made much greater, more intense, or more numerous; often implies an increase beyond just doubling.
Antonyms
- Halved: Divided into two equal parts; reduced by fifty percent.
- Singled: Selected individually or existing as one alone.
Related Phrases
- Doubled over: Bent forward at the waist, typically due to pain or laughter. (This is a phrasal verb form of 'double').
- He was doubled over in pain.
- Doubled up:
- Bent or curled up, often due to pain or laughter.
- She doubled up laughing at the joke.
- Shared something, especially a room or bed, with another person.
- We had to double up in the hotel rooms.
Adjective
- twice as great or many
- ate a double portion
- the dose is doubled
- a twofold increase