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# doubler

noun (a doubler, doublers)

«doubler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something or someone that doubles an amount or size. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#m1)
2. (games and sport) A move or score that counts twice, or a player who scores twice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#m2)
3. (horse racing, betting) A bet on two races where you only win if both win (usually called a «double»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#m3)

### In the lessons

Not a common word; used in maths puzzles for a machine or rule that doubles numbers, in board games and quizzes for bonus squares, and in technical talk for devices that double voltage or frequency; phrases: «score doubler», «a doubler question».

### Examples

- In our function machine, the doubler turns 5 into 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#x1)
- The quiz had a doubler round where points counted twice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#x2)
- Land on the doubler square and your coins double! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#x3)
- The engineer built a voltage doubler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#x4)
- If you put 7 into the doubler, what comes out? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#x5)
- The doubler round helped our team win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/#x6)

### Note

Countable. In maths: a doubler multiplies by 2, so 3 → 6, 12 → 24; doing it twice multiplies by 4. Rare word; usually say «double» or «times two».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doubler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doubler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doubler.html) on Mova free.