"see double" meaning in English

See see double in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sees double [present, singular, third-person], seeing double [participle, present], saw double [past], seen double [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> double}} see double (third-person singular simple present sees double, present participle seeing double, simple past saw double, past participle seen double)
  1. To experience double vision, wherein the eyes do not focus on the same point and a single object is therefore perceived as two. Translations (to experience double vision): vedere doppio (Italian), atarua (Maori), vaie doubl'ye (Norman), ver doble (Spanish), çift görmek (Turkish)

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