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Doubling

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. countable, uncountable

    "In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels."

  2. 2
    raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of turning around, or doubling back. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    increase by a factor of two wordnet
  5. 5
    A pleat or fold. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A trick; double-dealing. archaic, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of double form-of, gerund, participle, present

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