Synonyms for dual
ˈdu əl, ˈdyu-du·al

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1. double, dual, dupleadjective

   consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

   "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"

   Synonyms:
   threefold, three-fold, duple, doubled, double, treble, bivalent, twofold, two-fold, forked

   Antonyms:
   singular, single

2. double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-foldadjective

   having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

   "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison

   Synonyms:
   triplex, triple, threefold, three-fold, duple, doubled, double, treble, bivalent, soprano, ternary, twofold, two-fold, forked

   Antonyms:
   singular, single

3. dualadjective

   a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)

   "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek"

   Synonyms:
   three-fold, twofold, double, treble, duple, threefold, two-fold

   Antonyms:
   singular, single

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1. List of paraphrases for "dual":

   double, twofold, two-fold, twin, two-pronged, dualist, two-up, twin-track, bend, twice, dualistic, two-track, dual-ranked, dual-mode, dual-, doubles, dual-track, fold, double-, two-tier, dual-core, duplicate, two-way, two, dual-rank, 2x, 2-way, double-quoted

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1. Le Maire:

   It gives us critical size to face the dual challenges of autonomous vehicles and electric cars.

2. Pascal Perrineau:

   The whole theme of the last three days - the fact that most of the assassins came from immigration to France, the failures of security surveillance and judicial follow-up - plays into the hands of the FN, sometimes contamination with the National Front's discourse goes as high as the president. He talked about closing borders and stripping dual nationals of their citizenship.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   As Beijing moves forward with passing the national security law, State Mike Pompeo will today end exports of US-origin defense equipment and will take steps toward imposing the same restrictions on State Mike Pompeo defense and dual-use technologies to Hong KongRights as it does for China, state Mike Pompeo is forced to take this action to protect State Mike Pompeo national security. We can no longer distinguish between the export of controlled items to Hong KongRights or to mainland China.

4. Morgan Ortagus:

   But the one thing that confounds me is the lack of planning, the lack of execution by this administration in withdrawing these forces, general Jack Keane has talked about why did we do this during the height of fighting season, why do seemingly have no plan in place for tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands, who helped us over the last 20 years. I also hear reports we have duel citizens -- dual citizens, American citizens who are potentially still there. It looks chaotic, it looks mismanaged, and the things that’s concerning to me is that this administration looks caught by surprise.

5. Chief Executive Tony Fernandes:

   Looking at more ancillary (revenues), more capacity and dual listing.