Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - double-edged
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Double-edged
double-edged
1. If you say that a comment is double-edged, you mean that it has two meanings, so that you are not sure whether the person who said it is being critical or is giving praise. Even his praise is double-edged. ADJ 2. If you say that something is double-edged, you mean that its positive effects are balanced by its negative effects, or that its negative effects are greater. But tourism is double-edged, boosting the economy but damaging the environment... a double-edged sword: see sword ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
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1.
adjective Date: 15th century 1. having two cutting edges a ~ knife 2. a. having two components or aspects a spy with a ~ mission b. capable of being taken in two ways a ~ remark ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. обоюдоострый 2. допускающий двойное толкование или использование (об аргументе и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ adj 1 with two very different meanings (a double-edged remark) 2 with two cutting edges (a double-edged sword) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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