Synonyms: geminate
Definition: a doubled or long consonant
Usage: the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate
Similar words: consonant
Definition: a speech sound that is not a vowel
Synonyms: geminate
Definition: arrange or combine in pairs
Usage: The consonants are geminated in these words
Similar words: double, duplicate
Definition: increase twofold
Usage: The population doubled within 50 years
Definition: arrange in pairs
Usage: Pair these numbers
Similar words: set up, arrange
Definition: put into a proper or systematic order
Usage: arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
Definition: occur in pairs
Similar words: occur
Definition: to be found to exist
Usage: sexism occurs in many workplaces; precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil
Synonyms: reduplicate, geminate
Definition: form by reduplication
Usage: The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel; The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
Similar words: double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
Definition: make or do or perform again
Usage: He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick