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dual
[ doo-uhl, dyoo- ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or noting two.
dual ownership;
dual controls on a plane.
- having a twofold, or double, character or nature.
- Grammar. being or pertaining to a member of the category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, that denotes two of the things in question.
noun
- the dual number.
- a form in the dual, as Old English git “you two,” as contrasted with ge “you” referring to three or more.
dual
/ ˈːə /
adjective
- relating to or denoting two
- twofold; double
- (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
- maths 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
- grammar
- the dual number
- a dual form of a word
verb
- tr to make (a road) into a dual carriageway
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dual1
Example Sentences
The shells serve a dual purpose — one that is functional, as they decompose to improve the soil quality, and another formal, reflecting moonlight in the evening.
My husband and my children are all dual citizens of the European Union and the United States because they all got German citizenship through my husband.
That was the year when dual strikes by writers and actors crippled the local production economy for months.
Drivers heading into Hull in the early hours of 1 November spotted a young girl stood in the slow lane of the A63 dual carriageway.
He nodded to the tough last few years for theater owners, who first weathered the pandemic, then the dual writers and actors strikes in 2023, which limited their options for films.
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