DOUBLING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I decided his double was a bluff
    Hypernyms(s) doubling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • increase by a factor of two
    Usage Example(s)
    • doubling with a computer took no time at all
    Hypernyms(s) doubling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)