dual Definition
dual (do̵̅o̅′əl, dyo̵̅o̅′-)
adjective
- of two
- having or composed of two parts or kinds, like or unlike; double; twofold a dual nature
Etymology: L dualis < duo, two
noun
- dual number
- a word having dual number
dual Related Forms
du·al′·ity (do̵̅o̅ al′ə tē, dyo̵̅o̅-) noun
du′·ally adverb
dual Synonyms
dual Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- carriageway: Carry straight along dual carriageway, pull to right hand lane.
- diagnosis: The practice based module is aimed at staff who are developing into the role of Dual Diagnosis Lead for their area.
- nationality: Many bilingual learners are British citizens or have dual nationality.
- processor: Thanks to support of latest components such as Intel Pentium D dual core processors and DDR2 memory, high performance computers can be assembled.
- candidacy: Danny Alexander asked about dual candidacy ( a question I planted!
- tuner: First, I ordered mine with dual analog tuners.
Modifying Another Word
- only: Outside of these countries, only dual standard ( PAL/NTSC ) DVD players will play PAL DVDs.
- still: Still dual, it skirts the southern end of the city before crossing over the River Hull.
- also: Eastern National 519, a 1960 MW is also dual purpose, but preserved here in bus livery.
- mostly: WASP cluster - a set of mostly dual Xeon workstations mostly used for analyzing SuperWASP data, also includes two single CPU machines.
- currently: I am currently dual booting between Windows 95 and Linux and I have a 56K winmodem install.
- predominantly: Participants were studying in a variety of modes including exclusively distance based, and predominantly dual mode, or face to face mode.
Used with adjective complement
- become: The firm will support and fund the post holder to become dual qualified if the English law qualification has not already been gained.
- have: The claimant had dual US and Irish nationality, and by virtue of his Irish nationality he was a citizen of the European Union.
- hold: The MidReC facilitation team is based in the department with members holding dual MidReC and academic posts.
- allow: Second, on the phone menu, does not allow Dual SIM feature.
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