quadruple
fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
four times as great.
Music. having four beats to a measure.
a number, amount, etc., four times as great as another.
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.
to make or become four times as great: To serve 24 people, quadruple the recipe. My savings quadrupled in 20 years.
Origin of quadruple
1Other words from quadruple
- quad·ru·ple·ness, noun
- quad·ru·ply, adverb
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How to use quadruple in a sentence
After a quadruple lynching in 1946, The Washington Post published an op-ed describing Monroe as “lynchtown.”
Second, the pace of vaccinations has continued to climb steadily over the past few weeks, quadrupling the number of shots a day in a month’s time.
Robinhood continues to come under pressure from power users and politicians, but its investors are doubling, tripling and maybe even quadrupling down.
Danish officials say that as a result, daily coronavirus cases there could quadruple by the beginning of April.
Denmark is sequencing all coronavirus samples and has an alarming view of the U.K. variant | Michael Birnbaum, Martin Selsoe Sorensen | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostSince October, the total number of Covid-19 cases and deaths has roughly quadrupled, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Angela Merkel's CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany's Next Chancellor | Madeline Roache | January 14, 2021 | Time
In these European elections, Le Pen is set to quadruple the National Front's 2009 showing.
Elections Could Be the Beginning of the End for Europe | Tracy McNicoll, Nadette De Visser | May 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe horrific quadruple homicide shocked the sleepy Southern town.
Hence Reality Hunger, which attempted “to put ‘reality’ within quadruple quotation marks.”
Investigators now believe that the lone bicyclist was a primary target in the quadruple homicide rocking Europe.
French Alps Murder Mystery’s Forensic Breakthrough | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe arrived at the convention wearing a quadruple strand of pearls and significant diamond studs.
Ann Romney's Red Dress At The Republican National Convention | Robin Givhan | August 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHaving no more internal squabbles to fear, it will present a formidable quadruple breast to the outer world.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellAn English farmer would instantaneously double or quadruple the produce of the province.
There was a quadruple row of vehicles on three sides of the arbor, the fourth being, at considerable pains, left open for passage.
Alone | Marion HarlandA quadruple alliance, then, between the two imperial courts and France and Spain was impossible.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThen suddenly Michael began to hate Dora and the quadruple intrigue was broken up.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for quadruple
/ (ˈkwɒdrʊpəl, kwɒˈdruːpəl) /
to multiply by four or increase fourfold
four times as much or as many; fourfold
consisting of four parts
a quantity or number four times as great as another
Origin of quadruple
1Derived forms of quadruple
- quadruply, adverb
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