Doubling

Word DOUBLING
Character 8
Hyphenation dou bling
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Doubling"

What do we mean by doubling?

To multiply by two.

To fold over so as to make two folds.

To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.

To get a two-base hit.

(sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).

(often followed by together or up) To join or couple.

To repeat exactly; copy.

(often followed by as) To play a second part or serve a second role.

To turn sharply, following a winding course.

To sail around (a headland or other point).

To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.

(usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).

To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.

To double down.

To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.

(followed by for) To act as substitute.

To go or march at twice the normal speed.

To multiply the strength or effect of by two.

To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.

(of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Doubling

The word "doubling" in example sentences

As for the doubling honors, each set or combination doubles the total score once, and if there are five _doubling honors_ in a hand, the total score should be doubled five times -- for example: a player goes ❋ Lew Lysle Harr (N/A)

Quiz TV, with the total number of questions for the title doubling from the original amount, bringing the grand total to over 10,000 questions! ❋ Unknown (2009)

He devotes a chapter to the "surge", what he calls a doubling down on his original bet, increasing the number of US troops in Iraq in 2007. ❋ Ewen MacAskill In Washington (2010)

Machinery sales, which account for about two-thirds of its revenue, are seen nearly doubling from a year ago, according to Goldman Sachs. ❋ Kelly Evans (2010)

Whether a short-term doubling or even tripling of display advertising is likely is another issue; traditional publishers will be convinved that even if that does happen, Google will be the biggest winner. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As in doubling airfare, inspiring an abject terror of long flights, and changing my view of canals from "quaint and beautiful" to "quaint and beautiful latent drowning spots". ❋ Unknown (2006)

Every position she had had at the State has resulted in doubling of staff. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The move from the singular to the universal is partly effected by a certain doubling of the subject to begin with. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They played differently, defensively in doubling outside and singling up on the inside receivers. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The illusion of doubling is also supported by Victor's tendency to misrecognize the relation between himself and the creature, repeatedly imputing his own failures of insight or responsibility to the creature's malevolent intervention. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The short-term doubling power of money invested at 15% to 25% should give you the motivation to get your 10% Solution strategy started immediately. ❋ CHARLES J. GIVENS (1995)

Now if you double this fund should it not give us 140 days school or seven months, yet in 1905 this sum was by increased taxes, higher assessments, loans and state appropriations more than doubled, and instead of our school term doubling, we now have only 85 days school and in many counties less than 80, which is the constitutional requirement. ❋ N.C. (1906)

Cunningham says, "Using the word doubling convention, I named the technology WikiWikiWeb." ❋ Pierre-Alain Gouanvic (2008)

It is the Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) sometimes known as the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and characterized by the tag doubling as a reader and a so-called mesh network being used with a choice of sensors on each tag. ❋ Unknown (2008)

even if we stop increasing our use, and the amount we produce dosn†™ t continue to fall roughly 5% a year, and i†™ ll even toss in doubling effience, your looking at ramping up a fledgling industry to 7 million barrels of biomass a day. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Labour MP Natascha Engel said ministers had floated the idea of doubling the threshold needed for e-petitions to be considered for debate – a move she opposes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

To do so would entail doubling NHS expenditures by 2030, which Mr. Lansley has argued "is something we simply cannot afford." ❋ Jamie Whyte (2011)

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