Double vs Return - What's the difference?
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Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
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Designed for two users.
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Folded in two; composed of two layers.
Stooping; bent over.
Having two aspects; ambiguous.
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False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
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Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
(lb) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
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(lb) Of time, twice as fast.
Twice over; twofold.
* Jonathan Swift
Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
A drink with two portions of alcohol
A ghostly apparition of a living person; .
A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
A redundant item for which an identical item already exists
:I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles .
:Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles .
(baseball) A two-base hit
(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
(billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
(darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
(darts) A hit on this ring.
(dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) in both sides.
(computing, programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
(sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
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(historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
(historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 196:
(music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
To multiply by two.
To fold over so as to make two folds.
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
* Dryden
To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
(baseball) To get a two-base hit.
(sometimes followed by up ) To clench (a fist).
(often followed by together'' or ''up ) To join or couple.
To repeat exactly; copy.
To play a second part or serve a second role.
To turn sharply; following a winding course.
(nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
* Knolles
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(music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
To double down.
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
(followed by for ) To act as substitute.
To go or march at twice the normal speed.
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To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
(military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
(radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
To come or go back (to a place or person).
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, passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
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, chapter=19 To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
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(obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
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*:‘I suppose here is none woll be glad to returne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’
(obsolete) To turn (something) round.
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*:Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym.
To put (place) something back where it had been.
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To give something back to its original holder or owner.
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To take something back to a retailer for a refund.
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To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
*Bible, 1 Kings ii.44
*:The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
(tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
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(card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
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(cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
To say in reply; to respond.
:to return''' an answer; to '''return thanks
*1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew)
*:‘Ah my good friend, I do look out!’ the young man returned while Maisie helped herself afresh to bread and butter.
(computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
(computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
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(dated) To retort; to throw back.
:to return the lie
*Dryden
*:If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am.
To report, or bring back and make known.
:to return the result of an election
*Bible, Exodus xix.8
*:And all the people answered together,and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
(by extension, UK) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
The act of returning.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.}}
A return ticket.
An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
An answer.
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
Gain or loss from an investment.
* Jeremy Taylor
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, title= (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.
(computing) A carriage return character.
(computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
(computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
(American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
(cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
As nouns the difference between double and return
is that double is while return is the act of returning.As a verb return is
to come or go back (to a place or person).double
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Adjective
(-)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
Derived terms
* double-cross/doublecross * double agent * double bed * double cousin * double date/double-date * double double * double Dutch * double entendre * double exposure * double fault * doublehearted * double life * double meaning * double negative * double strength * double take * double-team * double tongue * double-tongued * double U * double visionSee also
(coefficient)Adverb
(-)- I was double their age.
Noun
(en noun)- Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles .
- On second thought, make that a double .
- The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.
- The sin() function returns a double.
citation, page= , passage=DJ Campbell grabbed a second-half double as Blackpool made Sunderland pay for a host of missed chances to secure a fifth away league win of the season.}}
- As for doubles , they are not worth anything now; and I have still got an egg-cupful my mother used to keep handy to give the baker change from a farthing.
Derived terms
* body double * double-count * see double * stunt doubleVerb
- The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
- Thus reinforced, against the adverse fleet, / Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way.
- Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
- The batter doubled into the corner.
- A spork is a kind of fork that doubles as a spoon.
- Sailing along the coast, he doubled the promontory of Carthage.
- I found a great ledge of rocks lie out about two leagues into the sea...so that I was obliged to go a great way out to sea to double the point.
- "You double down to the harbour, my lad," said the Captain to Strickland, "and sign on. You've got your papers."
- Strickland set off at once, and that was the last Captain Nichols saw of him.
- Sorry, this store does not double coupons.
- Could you please repeat your last transmission? Another station was doubling with you.
Derived terms
* double down * double over * doubler * double upSee also
* quadruple * quintuple * sextuple * single * triple 1000 English basic words ----return
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Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
Derived terms
(Terms derived from the verb "return") * return to formNoun
(en noun)- a return to one's question
- election returns'''; a '''return of the amount of goods produced or sold
- The fruit from many days of recreation is very little; but from these few hours we spend in prayer, the return is great.
Liverpool 0-1 West Brom, passage=Liverpool have now won only five of their 17 home league games this season. It is a poor return for a team of Liverpool's pedigree and resources but, once again, Kenny Dalglish's team were the instigators of their own downfall as chance after chance went begging.}}
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return' of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of ' return .}}
- A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
