Definition

1. 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

1. twice as great or many
   • ate a double portion
   • the dose is doubled
   • a twofold increase