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Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.
Julia Margaret Cameron

Meaning of "doubling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOUBLING

doubling  [ˈdʌblɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOUBLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doubling 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 DOUBLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of doubling in the English dictionary

The definition of doubling in the dictionary is the activity of multiplying by two or repeating.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOUBLING


babbling
ˈbæblɪŋ
bling
blɪŋ
bling-bling
ˈblɪŋˌblɪŋ
bumbling
ˈbʌmblɪŋ
cabling
ˈkeɪblɪŋ
dabbling
ˈdæblɪŋ
dribbling
ˈdrɪblɪŋ
gambling
ˈɡæmblɪŋ
humbling
ˈhʌmblɪŋ
mumbling
ˈmʌmblɪŋ
quibbling
ˈkwɪblɪŋ
rambling
ˈræmblɪŋ
rumbling
ˈrʌmblɪŋ
scrambling
ˈskræmblɪŋ
shambling
ˈʃæmblɪŋ
sibling
ˈsɪblɪŋ
timetabling
ˈtaɪmteɪblɪŋ
trembling
ˈtrɛmblɪŋ
troubling
ˈtrʌblɪŋ
warbling
ˈwɔːblɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOUBLING

double-stop
double-stopped
double-stopping
double-system sound recording
double-time
double-tongue
double-tongued
double-tonguing
doubleness
doubler
doubles
doublespeak
doublespeaker
doublet
doublethink
doubleton
doubletree
doubloon
doublure
doubly

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOUBLING

bling bling
brambling
burbling
calling
disabling
dissembling
enabling
ennobling
grumbling
knee-trembling
lambling
marbling
pebbling
saibling
snobling
squabbling
stabling
stumbling
thumbling
trebling
untrembling

Synonyms and antonyms of doubling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOUBLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «doubling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of doubling

Translation of «doubling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOUBLING

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

Translator English - Chinese

加倍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

duplicando
570 millions of speakers

English

doubling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोहरीकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضاعفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удвоение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dobrando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doubler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua kali ganda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verdoppelung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倍加
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dobel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tăng gấp đôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரட்டிப்பாக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुप्पट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ikiye katlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raddoppio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podwojenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

подвоєння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dublarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλασιάζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdubbeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fördubbling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dobling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doubling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBLING»

The term «doubling» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBLING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «DOUBLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doubling.
1
Janine Benyus
Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.
2
Nathaniel Branden
In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.
3
David R. Brower
Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?
4
Julia Margaret Cameron
Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.
5
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
6
Jenny Eclair
After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.
7
Ryan Holmes
Hammer down product fundamentals first. Make sure you've got something that works before doubling down on promotion and marketing. Create a groundswell of organic support, and only then leverage PR and advertising to spread the word.
8
Jeff Koons
I went to art school... but I worked at the Museum of Modern Art. I worked in fundraising at the information membership desk. I ended up, over a period of time, doubling the amount of membership revenue that came in through people entering the museum, so people would ask me to come and work for them.
9
Nick Lampson
I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction.
10
Thomas Malthus
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBLING»

Discover the use of doubling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doubling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews
Doubling the Point takes the reader to the center of that vision. These essays and interviews, documenting Coetzee's longtime engagement with his own culture, and with modern culture in general, constitute a literary autobiography.
David Attwell, 1992
2
Factor 4: Doubling Wealth - Halving Resource Use
The practical promise held out in this book is huge, but the authors show how it is up to each of us, as well as to businesses and governments, to make it happen.
Ernst U. von Weizsēker, Ernst Ulrich Weizsäcker, Amory B. Lovins, 1998
3
Doubling and Incest / Repetition and Revenge: A Speculative ...
This expanded edition makes available once again John Irwin's masterful exposition on the unconscious desire and doubling that inform the novels.
John T. Irwin, 1996
4
Doubling Student Performance: . . . And Finding the ...
This valuable text combines the latest research with a national study of diverse schools that dramatically increased student achievement by implementing key strategies and reallocating resources.
Allan R. Odden, Sarah J. Archibald, 2009
5
Doubling: Circus Stars
The four Math Monsters demonstrate the concept of doubling at the Double Fun Circus.
John Burstein, 2003
6
10 Strategies for Doubling Student Performance
Presents ten strategies to achieve measurable gains in student performance, including changing the curriculum, setting ambitious goals, and recruiting teachers in urban schools.
Allan R. Odden, 2009
7
Doubling and Multiplying
Introduces multiplication by twos, using examples of flowers, marbles, stars, and buttons to help readers understand the concept.
Richard Leffingwell, Diyan Leake, 2006
8
Microvariation in Syntactic Doubling
This book puts together seventeen papers on microvariation in syntactic doubling that deal with such theoretical issues.
‎2008
9
Clitic Doubling in the Balkan Languages
This volume is a collection of articles on clitic doubling, a phenomenon that has preoccupied generative linguists since the 1980s, when its theoretical importance was noted. Clitic doubling is prevalent in the Balkan languages.
Dalina Kallulli, Liliane Tasmowski, 2008
10
Reduplication: Doubling in Morphology
As well as presenting the authors' pioneering work, this book also provides a much-needed overview of reduplication, the study of which has become one of the most contentious in modern phonological theory.
Sharon Inkelas, Cheryl Zoll, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUBLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doubling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Instagram confirms it's (finally) doubling the dimensions of images …
First reported by The Verge, Instagram has now confirmed it's increasing the size of images uploaded to the Facebook-owned social network; ... «imaging resource, Jul 15»
2
Rolls-Royce workforce doubling after 12000-square-foot addition at …
Rolls-Royce employee Terry Ainsworth, left, leads a tour of the Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Canada Ltd's Open House event of the newest facility ... «Peterborough Examiner, Jul 15»
3
Voters to decide on doubling Mecklenburg commissioner terms to 4 …
Mecklenburg commissioners Bill James (left) and George Dunlap support a referendum on extending board terms. (Diedra Laird | The ... «WBTV, Jul 15»
4
Doubling back for adventure
It'd been some time since I headed out solo on the open road, only adventure in my sights. My goals for this sunny, steamy Friday were twofold: ... «Chico News & Review, Jul 15»
5
Doubling Down
My friend and Chairman of the County Operations Committee, Gary Jury, asked me if I thought it was OK to put slot machines in government ... «The Rock River Times, Jul 15»
6
CBRE more than doubling brokers in industrial sales, leasing
In the battle for market share of Southern Nevada's burgeoning industrial real estate sector, a big brokerage has scored a major win. CBRE Las ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
7
Younicos doubling staff in response to renewables storage boom
Younicos doubling staff in response to renewables storage boom. Texas' Notrees wind farm, where Younicos is retrofitting a 36MW storage ... «Recharge, Jul 15»
8
York Co. drug agents bust another Cherry Road spa doubling as a …
Officers with York County's multijurisdictional drug enforcement unit shut down yet another prostitution ring on Cherry Road — this time right ... «News Talk 94.3 WRHI, Jul 15»
9
Doubling Down on Shark Conservation as Jaws Turns 40
As Shark Week arrives for 2015, movie goers have the opportunity to relive a thrilling moment in cinema history with the re-release of the first ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Hoover City Council to propose doubling lodging tax
The Hoover City Council is expected this week to propose doubling the city's current 3 percent lodging tax, according to a report from ABC ... «Birmingham Business Journal, Jul 15»

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