sextuple
Americanadjective
-
consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
-
six times as great or as many.
-
Music. characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure.
sextuple rhythm.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
adjective
-
six times as much or many; sixfold
-
consisting of six parts or members
-
(of musical time or rhythm) having six beats per bar
Etymology
Origin of sextuple
1620–30; < Latin sext ( us ) sixth + -uple, as in duple, quadruple
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Data centers in Indonesia earned $374 million in revenue last year, said research firm Mordor Intelligence, a figure estimated to sextuple by 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Since then he’s been kept alive by internal devices, stents, angioplasty surgery, a sextuple bypass surgery and multiple ablation procedures.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023
His sextuple bogey is the worst score on the first hole at the Masters, beating the old mark by two strokes.
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2020
In June, Mr. Michals had a sextuple bypass.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2014
The secret once discovered, however, he rapidly progressed until he had brought out the sextuple telegraph, where we believe the ability of the instrument rests at present.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
