Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To type or format so that there is a full space between lines.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb type with a full space between lines
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Examples
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You can generate a full stop by doing the double-space input same as the iPhone anyway; so its presence is doubly unnecessary.
Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Incredible S smartphones – review 2011
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Type on one side of the paper only; leave margins all the way around; double-space the text, put two spaces after the end of a sentence.
Archive 2010-06-01 Steve Perry 2010
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If the agent of your dreams has not specified, double-space.
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Type on one side of the paper only; leave margins all the way around; double-space the text, put two spaces after the end of a sentence.
Dinosaur Twitches Steve Perry 2010
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Yet I know that many poets see a double-space as a framing device for how the work looks on the page, with no significance intended for how the poem sounds when read aloud or when vocalized internally.
Sheryda Warrener reads Karen Solie Lemon Hound 2009
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Stick to a single font and size and whether you choose to double-space between sentences or not, at least be consistent!
The Case of the Mysterious ¶ or Things Your Creative Writing Instructor Never Told You 2006
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Also, if you double-space after a period, the gap between sentences is huge.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Site Migration is Done (I Hope) 2008
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Education at the primary and secondary levels has always been rules-based: raise your hand, get a hall pass, obey the dress code, show your work, double-space, check your chewing gum at the door.
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Stick to a single font and size and whether you choose to double-space between sentences or not, at least be consistent!
October 2006 2006
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The easiest way to show the Democratic response to all this criminality is to leave what we writers call a double-space break:
Nancy & Harry: Comedic Duo Bring Down the House (and Senate) 2007
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