doble

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. gjøre dobbelt så stor eller tallrik;
   fordoble to make twice as large or twice as numerous;
   to double
   • formuen hennes er mer enn doblet her fortune has more than doubled
2. i kortspill: fordoble motspillers melding eller innsats in card games: to double an opponent's bid or stake
   • doble en melding to double a bid
3. brukt som etterledd i sammensetninger: øke så mange ganger som førsteleddet viser used as a final element in compounds: to increase by as many times as the first element shows
   in words such as:i ord som femdobleto quintuple, mangedobleto multiply many times over