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Dual

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Adjective

1. double, dual, duple

consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

Example Sentences:
'an egg with a double yolk'
'a double (binary) star'
'double doors'
'dual controls for pilot and copilot'
'duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure'

2. double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold

having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

Example Sentences:
'a double (or dual) role for an actor'
'the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence'
'every episode has its double and treble meaning'

3. dual

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

Example Sentences:
'ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dual

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adjective
1. 
relating to or denoting two
2. 
twofold; double
3. 
(in the grammar of Old English, Ancient Greek, and certain other languages) denoting a form of a word indicating that exactly two referents are being referred to
4. mathematics, logic
(of structures or expressions) having the property that the interchange of certain pairs of terms, and usually the distribution of negation, yields equivalent structures or expressions
noun
5. grammar
a. 
the dual number
b. 
a dual form of a word
verbWord forms: duals, dualling or dualled
6. (transitive) British
to make (a road) into a dual carriageway

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Dual

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adjective
1. 
of two
2. 
having or composed of two parts or kinds, like or unlike; double; twofold
a dual nature
noun Linguistics
3. 
dual number
4. 
a word having dual number

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Dual

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adj.
1. Composed of two usually like or complementary parts; double: dual controls for pilot and copilot; a car with dual exhaust pipes.
2. Having a double character or purpose: a belief in the dual nature of reality.
3. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a number category that indicates two persons or things, as in Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English.
n.
Grammar
1. The dual number.
2. An inflected form of a noun, adjective, pronoun, or verb used with two items or people.

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