quintuple

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adjective

quin·​tu·​ple kwin-ˈtü-pəl 

-ˈtyü-,

-ˈtə- 

ˈkwin-tə-

1

: being five times as great or as many

2

: having five units or members

3

: marked by five beats per measure

quintuple meter

quintuple noun

quintuple

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verb

quintupled; quintupling kwin-ˈtü-p(ə-)liŋ 

-ˈtyü-,

-ˈtə-;

ˈkwin-tə-

transitive verb

: to make five times as great or as many

intransitive verb

: to become five times as much or as numerous

Examples of quintuple in a Sentence

Adjective

Share prices are quintuple what they were a few days ago.

Verb

The town's population has quintupled in the past 50 years.

The company has quintupled the number of its employees.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Case study data also showed plans to more than quintuple investments in new construction projects during the next one-to-two years. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023

Rossington went on to have quintuple bypass surgery in 2003, suffered a heart attack in 2015 and then underwent numerous heart surgeries, having left Lynyrd Skynyrd in summer 2021 to recover from one of those procedures. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle French, from Medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus fifth + -plus -fold; akin to Latin quinque five — more at five, -fold

First Known Use

Adjective

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1639, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

quintuple

1 of 2 adjective

quin·​tu·​ple kwin-ˈt(y)üp-əl  -ˈtəp- 

ˈkwint-əp-

1

: having five units or members

2

: being five times as great or as many

quintuple noun

quintuple

2 of 2 verb

quintupled; quintupling -(ə-)liŋ 

: to make or become five times as great or as many