Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double space

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble s-pace
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To format (a document) so that every other line is left blank, leaving sufficient whitespace for annotation (e.g. a teacher's corrections).

Inflected Forms

double spaces (present, singular) double spacing (participle, present) double spaced (participle, past) double spaced (past)

Questions

What does double space mean?
To format (a document) so that every other line is left blank, leaving sufficient whitespace for annotation (e.g. a teacher's corrections).

How to pronounce double space

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