quadruple

[ kwo-droo-puhl, -druhp-uhl, kwod-roo-puhl ]
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adjective
  1. fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.

  2. four times as great.

  1. Music. having four beats to a measure.

noun
  1. a number, amount, etc., four times as great as another.

  2. something, as a series of acrobatic somersaults, made up of four clearly defined parts or stages: the first trapeze artist to perform a quadruple successfully.

verb (used with or without object),quad·ru·pled, quad·ru·pling.
  1. to make or become four times as great: To serve 24 people, quadruple the recipe. My savings quadrupled in 20 years.

Origin of quadruple

1
1325–75; Middle English <Latin quadruplus;cf. quadru-, duple

Other words from quadruple

  • quad·ru·ple·ness, noun
  • quad·ru·ply, adverb

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How to use quadruple in a sentence

  • Deep in a hollow to the left were two mills instead of one, and the noise of ore-crunching rolls was quadrupled in volume.

  • In the last fifty years the number of known fossil remains of invertebrated animals has been trebled or quadrupled.

  • In fact, the event which had such a tragic sequel practically quadrupled your fortune and mine.

    The Pillar of Light | Louis Tracy
  • In the nine years that had passed since his father's death Evert had, as has been stated, quadrupled the fortune he had inherited.

    East Angels | Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • A revenue quadrupled in four years needs no Chicagos or Buffalos to endorse the colony's claims to energy and progress.

British Dictionary definitions for quadruple

quadruple

/ (ˈkwɒdrʊpəl, kwɒˈdruːpəl) /


verb
  1. to multiply by four or increase fourfold

adjective
  1. four times as much or as many; fourfold

  2. consisting of four parts

noun
  1. a quantity or number four times as great as another

Origin of quadruple

1
C16: via Old French from Latin quadruplus, from quadru- (see quadri-) + -plus -fold

Derived forms of quadruple

  • quadruply, adverb

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