quadruple

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verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrü-pəl  -ˈdrə- 

ˈkwä-drə-

quadrupled; quadrupling kwä-ˈdrü-p(ə-)liŋ 

-ˈdrə-;

ˈkwä-drə-

transitive verb

: to make four times as great or as many

intransitive verb

: to become four times as great or as numerous

quadruple

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noun

: a sum four times as great as another

quadruple

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adjective

1

: having four units or members

2

: being four times as great or as many

3

: marked by four beats per measure

quadruple meter

quadruply

kwä-ˈdrü-plē 

-ˈdrə-;

ˈkwä-drə-

adverb

quadruplicity

ˌkwä-dru̇-ˈpli-sə-tē 

noun

Examples of quadruple in a Sentence

Verb

The value of the stock has quadrupled in the past year.

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

The company has quadrupled the number of its employees.

Adjective

She ordered a quadruple espresso.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The lid bills saved these interests millions of dollars and Alabama’s largest landowners quadrupled their holdings. —Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024

And, come February, there will be quadruple the love with baby number four. —Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024

Noun

Corcoran, 49, was convicted in 1999 for the 1997 quadruple murder of his older brother, sister's fiancé and their two friends. —Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024

Corcoran was convicted in a 1997 quadruple murder of his older brother and sister's fiancé. The decision, where a federal district court in Indiana declined to intervene after the Indiana Supreme Court rejected attorney requests to stop the execution previously, has stirred controversy. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024

Adjective

In what police are calling a quadruple murder and suicide case, at least five people are dead, including two juveniles, following shootings at two homes in Minnesota. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024

When Tottenham Hotspur were wobbling on Monday night at Leicester City and Rodrigo Bentancur was receiving treatment for a head injury, Ange Postecoglou made a bold move: a quadruple substitution. —Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus four times as great, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

quadruple

1 of 2 verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrüp-əl  -ˈdrəp- 

ˈkwäd-rəp-

quadrupled; quadrupling -(ə-)liŋ 

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

quadruple

2 of 2 adjective

1

: having four units or members

2

: being four times as great or as many

3

: marked by four beats per measure

quadruple time

quadruple noun