dual

Speech parts

1. dual - Noun

2. dual - Adjective

3. dual - Verb

4. dual - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc., in Greek.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

double twofold twin treble threefold dualistic bipartite two-way two-fold duple paired bifold three-fold janus deuce
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Antonyms

one only different single certain separate
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Phrases with the word

dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry dual-capable aircraft dual-party dual bed dual marriage dual polarity

Anagrams

auld laud udal Luda Daul Dula

Examples

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America. Anthony Hopkins

We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely. Chris Matthews

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence. John Kenneth Galbraith

We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power. Barbara Deming

It was fun yet challenging to play the dual roles. I'm a really nice guy, and the character [of Dubious] is egocentric and hard-edged, so I had to pull out the negative aspects of me to attribute to the role. Carson Grant

Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions. Kate Chopin

Close letter words and terms

duad duadic duadic operation dual act dual agent dual audio