Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to double
Participle: doubled
Gerund: doubling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | double |
| you | double |
| he;she;it | doubles |
| we | double |
| you | double |
| they | double |
Perfect
| I | have doubled |
| you | have doubled |
| he;she;it | has doubled |
| we | have doubled |
| you | have doubled |
| they | have doubled |
Past
| I | doubled |
| you | doubled |
| he;she;it | doubled |
| we | doubled |
| you | doubled |
| they | doubled |
Pluperfect
| I | had doubled |
| you | had doubled |
| he;she;it | had doubled |
| we | had doubled |
| you | had doubled |
| they | had doubled |
Future
| I | will double |
| you | will double |
| he;she;it | will double |
| we | will double |
| you | will double |
| they | will double |
Future Perfect
| I | will have doubled |
| you | will have doubled |
| he;she;it | will have doubled |
| we | will have doubled |
| you | will have doubled |
| they | will have doubled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | double |
| you | double |
| he;she;it | double |
| we | double |
| you | double |
| they | double |
Perfect
| I | have doubled |
| you | have doubled |
| he;she;it | have doubled |
| we | have doubled |
| you | have doubled |
| they | have doubled |
Imperfect
| I | doubled |
| you | doubled |
| he;she;it | doubled |
| we | doubled |
| you | doubled |
| they | doubled |
Pluperfect
| I | had doubled |
| you | had doubled |
| he;she;it | had doubled |
| we | had doubled |
| you | had doubled |
| they | had doubled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would double |
| you | would double |
| he;she;it | would double |
| we | would double |
| you | would double |
| they | would double |
Perfect
| I | would have doubled |
| you | would have doubled |
| he;she;it | would have doubled |
| we | would have doubled |
| you | would have doubled |
| they | would have doubled |
Imperative
| you | double |
| we | Let's double |
| you | double |
Verbs conjugated like 'double'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'double'
bobble,
boule,
cobble,
couple,
dabble,
dable,
dibble,
dole,
doodle,
doubt,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr.
duble, from L.
duplus "twofold," from
duo "two" +
-plus "fold." Verb meaning "to work as, in addition to one's regular job" is c.1920, circus slang, from performers who also played in the band.
Double-header is first recorded 1869, Amer.Eng., originally a kind of fireworks or a railway train pulled by two engines; baseball sense is c.1890.
Double Dutch "incomprehensible language" is from 1864.
Double agent is first attested 1935;
double date is from 1931.
Double-take and
double talk both first attested 1938. Military
double time (1833) was originally 130 steps per minute; in modern U.S. Army 180 steps of 36 inches in a minute.
2. PIE word
3. *dwóh₁
4. Etymology tree
5. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
6. Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
7. Proto-Indo-European *-plos
8. Proto-Indo-European *dwiplós
9. Proto-Italic *dwiplos
10. Proto-Italic *duplos
11. Latin duplus
12. Old French dobleder.
13. Middle English double
14. English double
15. From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.
Verbs referencing "double"
Spanish
doblar, Thai
เบิ้ล, Japanese
ダブる.
Sample Sentences
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The other party now came up. The seats were taken out of the wagon. The buffalo-skins, doubled in fours, were spread all along one side, and four men, with great difficulty, lifted the heavy form of Tom into it. Before he was gotten in, he fainted entirely. The old negress, in the abundance [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] from ? In many cases, it is a gradual hardening process on both sides,—the owner growing more and more cruel, as the servant more and more callous. Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. I saw this very early when I became an owner; and I resolved never to begin, because I did not know when I should stop,—and I resolved, at least, to protect my [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Well, that's a great base for a relationship. So what, you 're just doubling down
(Dear Luke, Love Me)