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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:
Familiarity information: DOUBLE TIME used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At a faster speed
Synonyms:
double quick; double time
Context example:
now let's play the piece again double-quick
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