doubling 1 of 2

noun

Definition of doublingnext
as in increase

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doubling

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verb

present participle of double
1
as in increasing
to make twice as great or as many we doubled our investment in six months

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2
as in folding
to lay one part over or against another part of double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
  1. increase
  2. increasing
  3. folding
  4. multiplying
  5. multiplication
  6. addition
  7. accumulation
Noun
  • On October 1st, GM reported a 60% year-over-year increase in EV sales during the third quarter of 2024, and the Equinox is leading the surge.
    Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • All other groups will see a tax increase, with the middle 20% paying an extra $1,500 in taxes and the lowest-income 20% seeing their tax bill rise by almost $800.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of increase
Verb
  • County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The company continues to focus on expanding its product offerings and increasing its sales force to drive future revenue growth.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of increasing
Verb
  • Items to bring include a flashlight covered with a red cloth or red balloon and a folding chair.
    Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Participants may wish to bring a flashlight covered with a red cloth (or red balloon), a folding chair.
    Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of folding
Verb
  • Fashion rental stores, showrooms and other services have also been multiplying across Los Angeles.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
  • So multiplying 1 million copies of Outlaws in a month times $70, and that’s $70 million.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of multiplying
Noun
  • This leads to a multiplication of customer profiles and fragmentation of visitor activity tracks.
    Ilya Lashch, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The team plied their subject AI models with questions drawn from a popular collection of more than 8,000 grade school arithmetic problems testing schoolchildren’s understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of multiplication
Noun
  • In addition, Starbucks plans to bring back condiment bars, a move aimed at reducing barista workload.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In addition, some wild animals in zoos have been bred under human care and over time, might become susceptible to allergies through genetic drift.
    Jen McCaffery, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of addition
Noun
  • The researchers found that preventing F-actin accumulation, caused more autophagy in the brains of aged fruit flies.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Latinos’ Economic Gains Through Homeownership Are Gains for All From an economic perspective, Latino wealth accumulation through homeownership is in the nation's best interest.
    Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of accumulation
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