Meaning

6 senses
  1. (not comparable)Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

    a dual-motor vehicle

    двойно́йdvojnój, дво́йственныйdvójstvennyj

    consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

  2. (not comparable)Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.

    dual engine failure

    dual citizenship

    двойно́йdvojnój, двоя́кийdvojákij, сдво́енныйsdvójennyj

  3. (not comparable)Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.

    Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.

    dual

    дво́йственныйdvójstvennyj, дуа́лисduális

    a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)

  4. (not comparable)Exhibiting duality.

  5. (not comparable)Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).

  6. (not comparable)Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. He has a dual personality.

    У нього роздвоєння особистості. — deniko

    ruУ него раздвоение личности. — al_ex_an_der

    deEr hat eine gespaltene Persönlichkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I want my children to have dual citizenship.

    Я хочу, щоб мої діти мали подвійне громадянство. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы у моих детей было двойное гражданство. — odexed

    deIch möchte, dass meine Kinder eine doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft haben. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I have dual citizenship.

    У мене подвійне громадянство. — deniko

    ruУ меня двойное гражданство. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe eine doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom has a dual personality.

    ruУ Тома раздвоение личности. — odexed

    deTom hat eine gespaltene Persönlichkeit. — wolfgangth

  5. I understand you have dual citizenship.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
having two components:
double:
in grammar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in grammar:
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