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Meaning of "double first" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOUBLE FIRST

double first play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOUBLE FIRST

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Double first is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOUBLE FIRST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied in other countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ghana, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago. Whereas grade point averages are different from the British undergraduate degree classes, the Latin honours system used in the United States is different from the British system, but has some similarities.

Definition of double first in the English dictionary

The definition of double first in the dictionary is a first-class honours degree in two subjects.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOUBLE FIRST

double dip
double doors
double drummer
double Dutch
double eagle
double entendre
double entry
double exposure
double fault
double feature
double flat
double garage
double glazing
double Gloucester
double helix
double indemnity
double jeopardy
double knit
double knitting
double knot

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOUBLE FIRST

athirst
feetfirst
first
first things first
headfirst
Hirst
see someone hanged first
sixty-first
standfirst
thirst
twenty-first
underthirst

Synonyms and antonyms of double first in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «double first» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOUBLE FIRST

Find out the translation of double first to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of double first from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «double first» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

双先
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doble primera
570 millions of speakers

English

double first
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पहली डबल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعف أولا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дважды первый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

double primeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রথম ডবল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

premier double
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Double pertama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Doppel ersten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最初の二重
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

첫번째 더블
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindho dhisik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đôi đầu tiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரட்டை முதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुप्पट प्रथम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ilk önce çift
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

doppia prima
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najpierw dwukrotnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двічі перший
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dublu întâi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλό πρώτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dubbel eerste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dubbel första
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dobbel først
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of double first

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBLE FIRST»

The term «double first» is regularly used and occupies the 104.465 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of double first
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «double first».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBLE FIRST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «double first» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «double first» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about double first

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBLE FIRST»

Discover the use of double first in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to double first and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inbreeding and Brood Stock Management
This means regular half-sib inbreeding programmes take longer and are more expensive than full-sib and parent-offspring inbreeding programmes. Double first cousin inbreeding programme Double first cousins are first cousins that are twice  ...
Douglas Tave, 1999
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Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches
The closest legally permissible consanguineous unions are between an uncle and niece, which occur mainly in South Indian Hindu communities, or between double-first cousins, as in Muslim populations in the Middle East and Pakistan.
Michael Speicher, Stylianos E. Antonarakis, Arno G. Motulsky, 2009
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Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling
... 1 64 1 128 Double first cousins 1 4 1 8 1 16 Double second cousins 1 16 1 32 1 64 *Assuming each common ancestor carried one deleterious autosomal recessive gene. coefficient of relationship (R), which indicates the proportion of genes ...
Centre for Medical Genetics City Hospital Ian D. Young Professor of Pediatric Genetics, Nottingham, 2006
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Human Population Genetics
In double first cousin mating, all four grandparents are shared. Note that half first cousin mating was already shown, albeit in somewhat different form, in Figures 3.3 and 3.4. Figure 3.7 shows two other variations on first cousin mating. Whereas ...
John H. Relethford, 2012
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Communities of Kinship: Antebellum Families and the ...
When siblings of one family marry siblings of another family, their children are not only first cousins but also double first cousins, that is, first cousins through both parents. "Double" also refers to any other degree of cousinry, that is, second ...
Carolyn Earle Billingsley, 2004
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Genetics of Populations
1.0 0.8 0.0 0 5 10 15 20 0.2 0.4 0.6 Generation Double first-cousin Full-sib Self- fertilization and double-first-cousin matings, respectively. For all of these systems of mating, the heterozygosity approaches zero over time, although at quite ...
Philip W. Hedrick, 2011
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
... struct base_operations { double (*project)(double,double); double (*maximize)( double,double); }; double default_projection(double first, double second) { return second; } double maximize(double first, double second) { return first + second; } ...
Michael Feathers, 2004
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Java Programming: What Do You Want to Do?
//Alg09 public static void mergeSort(double [] list) { if (list.length <= 1) //base case - ends recursion return; double[] first = new double [list.length /2]; //Make two new arrays double[] second = new double [list.length - first.length]; copy(list, 0, first,0 ...
Steven P. Warr, 2011
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A Retake Please!: Night Mail to Western Approaches
Stuart Legg who was making a film on a cable ship — a double first. Basil Wright who had just come back from Ceylon — a double first. Humphrey Jennings — a double first. Arthur Elton who was making Aero Engine — a double first; and then  ...
Pat Jackson, 1999
10
Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology
5.l]); they can share only zero or one allele IBD. Bilineal relatives are related through both maternal and paternal lines (e.g., full sibs, double first cousins [Fig. 5.2]); hence they can share zero, one, or two alleles IBD. Consider the IBD status of a ...
Director of the Biostatistics Division Duncan C. Thomas Professor of Preventive Medicine, and Verna R. Richter Chair in Cancer Research University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUBLE FIRST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term double first is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fisheries research vessel is double first for Voith
JULY 6, 2015 — A fisheries research vessel being built for the Shanghai Ocean University by China's Tianjin Xingang shipyard will be the first fisheries research ... «Marine Log, Jul 15»
2
Athletics: Croydon Harriers keep promotion hopes alive
... won on debut in a well-paced 10:57.59, and Glenn Barden pulled away in the B event in a lifetime best of 11:13.70 to make a double first. «Croydon Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Was my famous ancestor Lewis Carroll really a paedophile?
According to a recent BBC 2 documentary, the double first Oxford graduate had an unhealthy interest in young girls. Forgotten archive material ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
TV Pick of the Day: Artsnight, BBC2, July 3
... graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in the subject in 2011), makes her the ideal person to examine a few infamous words ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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Artsnight returns to the BBC
... University with a double first in the subject in 2011), makes her the ideal person to examine a few infamous words from critic Cyril Connelly. «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Neumann-Goretti's DiFrancesco heading to Temple University
... the entire campaign of success leading numerous players, including DiFrancesco as a double First-Team honoree, to receive league kudos. «South Philly Review, Jul 15»
7
Double first success as James barks up the right tree
Double first success as James barks up the right tree. editorial image. 10:22 Wednesday 01 July 2015. 0. Have your say ... «Skegness Standard, Jul 15»
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Who is Carolyn Fairbairn? Meet the first female director-general of …
After earning a double first in economics from Cambridge, she started out as an economist at the World Bank before becoming a journalist for ... «City A.M., Jun 15»
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Academic dropped by UCL over proposed black studies course
Coleman, who has a double first in greats from Oxford University, was critical of Britain's oldest university after news of a report titled 100 Voices ... «The Voice Online, Jun 15»
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Which Stock Will Double First: ARM Holdings plc, Just Eat PLC Or …
ARM (LSE: ARM) and Berkeley Group (LSE: BKG) are two very different stocks operating in extremely different sectors, but they have one thing ... «The Motley Fool UK, Jun 15»

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