sextuplicate

American  

[seks-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-, seks-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-] / sɛksˈtu plɪ kɪt, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp lɪ-, sɛksˈtu plɪˌkeɪt, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp lɪ- /

noun

1. a group, series, or set of six identical copies.

   The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.

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adjective

1. having or consisting of six identical parts; sixfold.

2. sixth.

verb (used with object)

sextuplicated, sextuplicating

1. to make six copies of.

2. to make six times as great.

sextuplicate British  

noun

1. a group or set of six things, esp identical copies

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adjective

1. six times as many, much, or often

2. maths raised to the sixth power

verb

1. to multiply or become multiplied by six

Etymology

Origin of sextuplicate

1650–60; sextu(ple) + -plicate, as in duplicate