quadruple

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verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrü-pəl  -ˈdrə- 

ˈkwä-drə-

quadrupled; quadrupling kwä-ˈdrü-p(ə-)liŋ 

-ˈdrə-;

ˈkwä-drə-

transitive verb

: to make four times as great or as many

intransitive verb

: to become four times as great or as numerous

quadruple

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noun

: a sum four times as great as another

quadruple

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adjective

1

: having four units or members

2

: being four times as great or as many

3

: marked by four beats per measure

quadruple meter

quadruply

kwä-ˈdrü-plē 

-ˈdrə-;

ˈkwä-drə-

adverb

quadruplicity

ˌkwä-dru̇-ˈpli-sə-tē 

noun

Examples of quadruple in a Sentence

Verb

The value of the stock has quadrupled in the past year.

The town's population has quadrupled in the past 50 years.

The company has quadrupled the number of its employees.

Adjective

She ordered a quadruple espresso.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Advanta’s production quadrupled when implementing the robots. —Stuart Dyos, The Tennessean, 7 Aug. 2025

Climate scientists anticipate if nothing is done to mitigate the toll of climate change, Wisconsin will have three times the number of extremely hot days and quadruple the number of extremely hot nights by 2050. —Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Noun

Law enforcement said quadruple murder suspect Michael Paul Brown, 45, walked into The Owl Bar in the small city of Anaconda on Aug. 1 and unleashed a barrage of bullets on the victims, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025

The vehicle driven by Tennessee quadruple murder suspect Austin Drummond, who remains at large, was found abandoned as details are emerging about his lengthy criminal background. —Greg Norman , Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Adjective

Austin Drummond, the man at the center of a days-long manhunt accused in a quadruple homicide in Tennessee, was arrested on Tuesday, August 5. —Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025

Then all three of them, including the girl’s 15-year-old uncle, were found dead together in a quadruple homicide, according to the sheriff’s office. —Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus four times as great, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for quadruple

• duple
• pupal
• pupil
• scruple

Kids Definition

quadruple

1 of 2 verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrüp-əl  -ˈdrəp- 

ˈkwäd-rəp-

quadrupled; quadrupling -(ə-)liŋ 

: to make or become four times as great or as many

quadruple

2 of 2 adjective

1

: having four units or members

2

: being four times as great or as many

3

: marked by four beats per measure

quadruple time

quadruple noun