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Princeton's WordNet

  1. doublingnoun

    increase by a factor of two

    "doubling with a computer took no time at all"

  2. doubling, doublenoun

    raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

    "I decided his double was a bluff"

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  1. doubling

    Doubling refers to making something twice as much, twice as big, twice as many, or multiplying by two in terms of quantity, size, or value. It can be applied to various contexts such as mathematics, cooking, music, biology, and others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Doubling

    of Double

  2. Doublingnoun

    the act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled

  3. Doublingnoun

    a turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice

  4. Doublingnoun

    the lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon

  5. Doublingnoun

    the process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor

Wikidata

  1. Doubling

    In psychodrama, doubling is a technique where a participant, perhaps asked by the psychodrama director, supplements the role of the protagonist, usually by standing behind them and saying things that the protagonist might want to say or is withholding. In this way one is able to hear things that may reflect what they feel or think. Thereby, the doubling can help provoke abreactive and mental catharsis, insight, and transformation.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. doubling

    (See RANK.) Putting two ranks into one.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. doubling

    The putting of two ranks of soldiers into one.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of doubling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of doubling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of doubling in a Sentence

  1. Deon Derrico:

    Stay tuned, stay tuned, doubling Down with the Derricos.

  2. David Patton:

    And the practice has been, 'We won't trigger the doubling of the mandatory minimum if you plea, but we will if you go to trial,'.

  3. Charles Krauthammer:

    At the time he said he was in favor of a compromise that would take the 11 million out of the shadows and give them legal status, i'm not sure I understand why he's doubling down on denying what you can demonstrate with pieces of tape. Perhaps he sees that it's worked for other candidates.

  4. Canada Governor Stephen Poloz:

    We wanted markets to understand that we already believed that the quarter was going to look quite poor so, in that context, the markets would therefore not be doubling up on their bets that the Bank of Canada would need to do further actions.

  5. Devesh Kapur:

    Every decade since 1980, it's been almost doubling.

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