DOUBLE TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double time mean? 

• DOUBLE TIME (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE TIME has 2 senses:

1. a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog

2. a doubled wage (for working overtime)

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE TIME used as a noun is rare.

• DOUBLE TIME (adverb)
  The adverb DOUBLE TIME has 1 sense:

1. at a faster speed

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE TIME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE TIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("double time" is a kind of...):

gait; pace (the rate of moving (especially walking or running))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A doubled wage (for working overtime)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("double time" is a kind of...):

earnings; pay; remuneration; salary; wage (something that remunerates)

• DOUBLE TIME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At a faster speed

Synonyms:

double quick; double time

Context example:

now let's play the piece again double-quick