Definitions for dual

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dual du·al

Spelling: [doo-uh l, dyoo-]

IPA: /ˈdu əl, ˈdyu-/

Dual is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in dual (adlu).

Definitions for dual

noun

1. the dual number.
2. a form in the dual, as Old English git “you two,” as contrasted with ge “you” referring to three or more.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or noting two.
2. composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double:
3. having a twofold, or double, character or nature.
4. 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.

Origin of dual

1535-45; Latin duālis containing two, relating to a pair, equivalent to du(o) two + -ālis -al¹

Examples for dual

But because of the dual constitution of things, in labor as in life there can be no cheating.

The dual message was that black people were dirty and dangerous.

The cell was a dual cave, dug into the hillside, and in it Hilary had been buried.

Hossein Darakhshan, born in Tehran on January 7, 1975, has dual Canadian-Iranian nationality.

Al-Huthaili is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and the two countries are not bound by a bilateral extradition treaty.

These movements may be taken also with dual and with quadruple rhythm.

His was the case of a dual personality of conflicting inheritance.

There was no more boost and he longed for the dual supercharger.

These dual complaints have made for some strange bedfellows.

There has been very little mourning of this dual scalping, just a sense of inevitability.