sextuple

American  

[seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, seks-too-puhl, -tyoo-] / sɛksˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈsɛks tʊ pəl, -tyʊ- /

adjective

1. consisting of six parts; sexpartite.

2. six times as great or as many.

3. Music. characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure.

   sextuple rhythm.

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verb (used with or without object)

sextupled, sextupling

1. to make or become six times as great.

sextuple British  

/ ˈsɛkstjʊpəl /

noun

1. a quantity or number six times as great as another

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adjective

1. six times as much or many; sixfold

2. consisting of six parts or members

3. (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

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

A sextuple flood of recollections was then let loose, and Mychowski the gainer thereby.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James