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

Michael Dell's net worth has nearly quadrupled in the past five years to $196 billion, per Bloomberg. —Garrett Downs,hayley Cuccinello,jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 May 2026

Orders quadrupled to 20,000 a day in the six months to March, says CEO Shah, who claims some kitchens are already profitable. —Ardian Wibisono, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Noun

The album earned her a Grammy Award and went quadruple platinum. —Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026

Every single game was decided by one goal and Game 2, a quadruple-overtime marathon, became the longest PWHL game ever played. —Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 14 May 2026

Adjective

Coming into the day, EBay had a total market value that was nearly quadruple GameStop’s. —Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026

The quadruple amputee professional cornhole player linked to a deadly shooting in Maryland has been indicted on first-degree murder charges. —Adam Thompson, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026

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