American
[seks-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-, seks-too-pli-kayt, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-]
/ sɛksˈtu plɪ kɪt, -ˈtju-, -ˈtʌp lɪ-, sɛksˈtu plɪˌkeɪt, -ˈtju-, -ˈtʌp lɪ- /
noun
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a group, series, or set of six identical copies.
The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
adjective
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having or consisting of six identical parts; sixfold.
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sixth.
verb (used with object)
sextuplicated,
sextuplicating
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to make six copies of.
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to make six times as great.
noun
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a group or set of six things, esp identical copies
"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
adjective
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six times as many, much, or often
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maths raised to the sixth power
"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
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to multiply or become multiplied by six
"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
Etymology
1650–60; sextu(ple) + -plicate, as in duplicate
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