double-spaced

See also: double spaced

English

Adjective

double-spaced (not comparable)

1. (of text) Formatted so that there is a full blank line between each line of text; the style of formatting required by many entities inside business, academia, and publishing.
   • 1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:

     All I do know for certain is that I had something happy and exciting to tell you—and on just one side of the paper, doublespaced — and I knew when I got home that it was mostly gone, or all gone, and there was nothing left to do but go through the motions.

Verb

double-spaced

1. simple past and past participle of double-space

Alternative forms

• doublespaced

See also

• double space
• single-spaced