double
/ˈdʌbl/adjective
उच्चारण डबल
दुगुना; दोहरा
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as idiom
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twice as much or as many as usual; having two parts or two things of the same type
दुगुना; दोहरा
- double the price
- a double room
- The shop offered a double portion of fries for ten rupees more.
+ 3 more examples
- We booked a double room with a sea view.
- He has a double name: Ram Prasad Sharma.
- The runner's double win made headlines.
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[I, T]
to become or make something twice as much or as many
दुगुना करना या होना
- Prices have doubled.
- The company hopes to double its sales in the next two years.
- The population of the town has doubled in ten years.
+ 2 more examples
- She doubled the recipe for the party.
- The price of onions doubled in a week.
Synonyms increase multiply duplicate
Opposite halve
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
double + noun / the + noun
As a determiner, double comes before the and other determiners: double the price, not the double price.
Determiner के रूप में 'double' 'the' और अन्य determiners से पहले आता है: double the price, न कि the double price।
- The new phone costs double the old one.
- Radhika worked double the hours this week.
double + adjective / noun (adjective use)
As an adjective it means twice as large, or made of two parts.
Adjective के रूप में इसका अर्थ दोगुना, या दो भागों से बना है।
- He ordered a double room for two nights.
- She needs a double dose of patience.
double (verb) / double in size
As a verb, double means to become or make twice as much. Use in for the quality that doubles.
क्रिया के रूप में 'double' का अर्थ दोगुना होना या करना है; जिस गुण में दोगुना हो उसके लिए 'in' आता है।
- The town has doubled in size in ten years.
- The shop doubled its prices before Diwali.
twice as ... as / double
For comparison, use twice as much as or double what; twice more is wrong.
तुलना के लिए 'twice as much as' या 'double what' का प्रयोग होता है; 'twice more' गलत है।
- Her salary is double mine.
+Collocations 4
double + noun
bedroomdeckeragentstandard
- We travelled in a double-decker bus in Mumbai.
verb + double
payearnask forseemake
- The company paid double for overtime.
double + adverb / in
double in pricedouble in sizedouble updouble backdouble check
- Double check your answers before submitting.
phrases
on the doubledouble Dutchdouble or nothingdo a double take
- The teacher told us to come on the double.
“More examples 5
- The population of the city has doubled in twenty years.
शहर की जनसंख्या बीस वर्षों में दोगुनी हो गई है।
- Ravi scored double my marks in the mock test.
रवि ने mock test में मुझसे दोगुने अंक प्राप्त किए।
- She wore a double layer of clothes in the cold.
उसने ठंड में कपड़ों की दोहरी परत पहनी।
- My name is spelt with a double l.
मेरे नाम की spelling में दो l आते हैं।
- He doubled back when he realised he had forgotten his bag.
जब उसे याद आया कि वह अपना बैग भूल गया है, तो वह उसी रास्ते से लौट गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ His salary is double than mine.
✓ His salary is double mine.
Double is followed directly by the thing compared, not by than.
'Double' के बाद तुलना की वस्तु सीधे आती है, 'than' नहीं।
✗ This bag is twice more expensive than that one.
✓ This bag is twice as expensive as that one.
Twice goes with as ... as, not with more.
'Twice' के साथ 'as ... as' आता है, 'more' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all show a doubling, but they differ in what they refer to.
ये शब्द दोगुनेपन को दर्शाते हैं, पर किस चीज़ का, इसमें भिन्न हैं।
Twice the size or amount; also made of two parts.
आकार या मात्रा में दोगुना; दो भागों से बना भी।
- He asked for double the fee.
Having two parts or roles, formal and used before a noun.
दो भागों या भूमिकाओं वाला; formal और noun से पहले प्रयुक्त।
- She has dual citizenship.
¶Idioms 5
double or quits
a bet in which you can either win twice the amount you have bet or lose all of it
या तो दुगना या कुछ नहीं (दाँव)
- 'I lost again.' 'Fine, let's play double or quits.'
- He kept playing double or quits until he had lost everything.
on the double / at the double
very quickly; immediately
तुरंत, फ़ौरन, जल्दी-जल्दी
- The sergeant told the recruits to get back on the double.
- Get to the office at the double; the boss is waiting.
see double
to see two of everything because you are ill, tired or drunk
दो-दो दिखाई देना
- After reading for ten hours I was seeing double.
- The blow to his head left him seeing double.
double Dutch
speech or writing that you cannot understand at all
समझ से बाहर की बात, अबूझ भाषा
- The instructions in the manual were double Dutch to me.
- For a beginner, legal language can seem like double Dutch.
do a double take
to react to sth a moment after it has happened because it is surprising
चौंककर दोबारा देखना
- He did a double take when he saw his name at the top of the merit list.
- I did a double take when I saw the price of tomatoes.
→Phrasal verbs 2
double back
to turn and go back in the direction you have come from
(जिधर से आए थे उधर) वापस मुड़ जाना
- We realized we were lost and doubled back.
double up (with sth) / double sb up
to bend your body over quickly, for example because you are in pain or laughing
(दर्द या हँसी से) दोहरा हो जाना
- He doubled up with laughter at the joke.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Double standards (different rules for different people, unfairly), double-edged sword (something with both good and bad effects), on the double (very quickly), double-check.
Idioms: double standards (अलग-अलग लोगों के लिए अनुचित रूप से अलग नियम, दोहरे मापदंड), double-edged sword (अच्छे और बुरे दोनों प्रभाव वाली चीज़, दोधारी तलवार), on the double (बहुत जल्दी), double-check (दोबारा जाँचना)।