double

double
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noun
Double is used after these nouns: ↑stunt
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verb
ADVERB
more than

Our profits have more than doubled this year.

almost, nearly, practically, virtually

The price of houses has nearly doubled in the last ten years.

at least
effectively
approximately, roughly
easily

This percentage could easily double.

PREPOSITION
in

The town has approximately doubled in size since 1960.

to

The party almost doubled its share of the vote to 21%.

Double is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑amount, ↑crime, ↑number, ↑population, ↑price, ↑turnover, ↑unemployment, ↑value, ↑volume, ↑workforce
Double is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amount, ↑budget, ↑income, ↑number, ↑output, ↑pay, ↑price, ↑profit, ↑rate, ↑risk, ↑salary, ↑sale, ↑size, ↑value, ↑workforce
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adj.
Double is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑agent, ↑album, ↑bed, ↑bedroom, ↑bill, ↑bind, ↑blow, ↑booking, ↑bow, ↑brandy, ↑CD, ↑celebration, ↑chin, ↑chorus, ↑click, ↑cream, ↑date, ↑digit, ↑door, ↑dose, ↑duty, ↑duvet, ↑fault, ↑figure, ↑first, ↑garage, ↑gate, ↑gin, ↑handful, ↑helping, ↑homicide, ↑knot, ↑layer, ↑letter, ↑life, ↑mattress, ↑meaning, ↑murder, ↑murderer, ↑play, ↑pneumonia, ↑portion, ↑quote, ↑ration, ↑room, ↑row, ↑save, ↑sheet, ↑shift, ↑sink, ↑spread, ↑standard, ↑stroller, ↑suicide, ↑talk, ↑taxation, ↑time, ↑track, ↑vision, ↑wardrobe, ↑whisky
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adv.
Double is used with these verbs: ↑bend

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