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Meaning of 'doubled' #1 (permalink) Sat Jan 22, 2005 13:54 pm   Meaning of 'doubled'
 

Test No. incompl/inter-3 "If you tend to forget", question 6

If you had bought a house about thirty years ago you would certainly find that it had considerably ......... in value.

(a) increased
(b) heightened
(c) developed
(d) doubled

Test No. incompl/inter-3 "If you tend to forget", answer 6

If you had bought a house about thirty years ago you would certainly find that it had considerably increased in value.

Correct answer: (a) increased

Your answer was: incorrect
If you had bought a house about thirty years ago you would certainly find that it had considerably doubled in value.
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What does the sentence mean when you use the word "double"
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Meaning of 'doubled' #2 (permalink) Sat Jan 22, 2005 20:45 pm   Meaning of 'doubled'
 

This means twice as valuable but you cannot qualify this with considerably.
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