double (determiner)

KEYWORDS: compare, figure

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STRUCTURE

A be double B

description of A. This be double B.

description of A, (which was) double B.

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NOTE

This structure describes the same thing as the twice structure.
Besides double, we have triple (x3) and quadruple (x4).
❗️ These words, when they are verbs, are used differently and mean different things.

Examples

The number of women who played badminton was double that of men, at 600 and 295.

The number of women who played badminton was 600, (which was) double that of men.