redouble
verb /ˌriːˈdʌbl/
/ˌriːˈdʌbl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they redouble | /ˌriːˈdʌbl/ /ˌriːˈdʌbl/ |
he / she / it redoubles | /ˌriːˈdʌblz/ /ˌriːˈdʌblz/ |
past simple redoubled | /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ |
past participle redoubled | /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ /ˌriːˈdʌbld/ |
-ing form redoubling | /ˌriːˈdʌblɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈdʌblɪŋ/ |
- redouble something to increase something or make it stronger
- The leading banks are expected to redouble their efforts to keep the value of the dollar down.
- redoubled enthusiasm
- Their doubts were redoubled by this news.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRedouble is used with these nouns as the object:- effort
Word Originlate Middle English: from French redoubler, from re- ‘again’ + doubler ‘to double’.