DOUBLES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doubles mean? 

• DOUBLES (noun)
  The noun DOUBLES has 2 senses:

1. badminton played with two players on each side

2. tennis played with two players on each side

  Familiarity information: DOUBLES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Badminton played with two players on each side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("doubles" is a kind of...):

badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tennis played with two players on each side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("doubles" is a kind of...):

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

 Context examples 

A psychotic disorder characterized by the patient's belief that acquaintances or closely related persons have been replaced by doubles or imposters.

(Capgras Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Assuming that 100 percent of the second growth persists and regenerates over 40 years, carbon storage capacity doubles in young second growth and increases by 120 percent in intermediate age forests.

(Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration, NSF)

In response to a specific cell stimulus, the amount in the inner layer more than doubles, and the level in the outer layer drops by the same amount.

(Researchers Zero-In on Cholesterol's Role in Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“It doubles our income, Doctor Strong,” said I.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

For older women, breathing air that is heavily polluted by vehicle exhaust and other sources of fine particulates nearly doubles the likelihood of developing dementia, finds a study published Tuesday.

(The Surprising Link between Air Pollution, Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An amplifier that doubles the voltage or frequency of an input signal.

(Doubler Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

By-and-by we shall take turns, for marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)