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quadruplicate

[ noun adjective kwo-droo-pli-kit; verb kwo-droo-pli-keyt ]

noun

  1. one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.


adjective

  1. consisting of four identical parts.
  2. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

, quad·ru·pli·cat·ed, quad·ru·pli·cat·ing.
  1. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.
  2. to make four times as great.

quadruplicate

adjective

  1. fourfold or quadruple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to multiply or be multiplied by four
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a group or set of four things
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • quadˌrupliˈcation, noun
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Other Words From

  • quad·rupli·cation quad·ru·pli·ca·ture [kwo-, droo, -pli-k, uh, -cher], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruplicate1

1650–60; < Latin quadruplicātus (past participle of quadruplicāre ), equivalent to quadruplic- (stem of quadruplex quadruplex ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruplicate1

C17: from Latin quadruplicāre to increase fourfold
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.
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Example Sentences

The measure calls for the end of a paper permitting system that used quadruplicate documents to register applicants.

And: You can donate quadruplicates, make other children better for it and not hurt anyone’s feelings.

Though a handful of bright, active galaxies have been caught in a cross shape before, this was the first supernova found in perfect quadruplicate.

And there indeed it sat, lit a week earlier by the rays of the sun at ancient Olympia but now, in quadruplicate, occupying two seats in the front row of the passenger cabin of BA2012.

Moreover, as has already been pointed out, the thunder-god was usually ruler of the winds, and thus another reason for his quadruplicate nature was suggested.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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