Redouble
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.
Verb
- 1 To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify. transitive
"Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts."
- 2 make twice as great or intense wordnet
- 3 To double an opponent's doubling bid.
- 4 double again wordnet
- 5 To become twice as big. intransitive
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- 6 double in magnitude, extent, or intensity wordnet
- 7 To double again what was reduced to a single state.
"Like the Conservatives and Labour, the Lib Dems plan to extend Britain's rail network, reopen stations and redouble singled routes."
Example
More examples"The U.N. human rights office condemns the rise of antisemitic incidents in Europe and the United States and urges governments to redouble efforts to combat all forms of racism and intolerance."
Etymology
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.
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