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