redouble
To double, especially to double againTo double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
» We're redoubling our efforts.
Мы удваиваем свои усилия.
Мы удваиваем наши усилия.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
double again
To double an opponent's doubling bid.
(intransitive)To become twice as big.
make twice as great or intense
To double again what was reduced to a single state.
Examples
11 sentencesWe're redoubling our efforts.
ruМы удваиваем свои усилия. — marafon
Tom redoubled his efforts.
Tom and Mary redoubled their efforts.
Friendship redoubles joy and cuts grief in half.
ruДружба удваивает радость и уменьшает горе в два раза. — corvard
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
Origin
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.
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Forms
redoubles, redoubling, redoubled, redoubledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle