doblete — meaning in English

English meaning

• brace noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
• doublet noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
• fake adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.

Senses

doblete is used for these senses in English:

• brace (association football) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• double whammy (by extension) A series of two events that causes positive effects; a twofold boon.
• doublet (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
• two birds with one stone (idiomatic) Any two things that were performed or completed at the same time by one action.
• twofer Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.

brace — full definition

1. noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
2. noun A pair of something, especially game birds or similar items.
3. verb To prepare oneself for something difficult or unpleasant, such as an impact or shock.

doublet — full definition

1. noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
2. noun One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
3. noun In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
4. noun An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.

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