double
adjective
twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc..
doubled
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past participleof double.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof double.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
doubleadjectivetwice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc..
Example Sentences
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Updated braking software helps the rover avoid collisions with rocks, and the electrical current limits for its steering motors have been nearly doubled.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Just a few weeks before Rayner's intervention, Mahmood had doubled down on her plans.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
During that same period, corporate profits have more than doubled.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
More than three-quarters of those claims described specific types of buildings at named installations, compared with less than half earlier in the war—and claims of strikes targeting housing doubled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Boyle found that if the pressure was doubled, the volume of trapped air was halved; if the pressure was tripled the volume was reduced to a third; and so on.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
