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

The stock has quadrupled in 2025, soaring more than 302%. —Michael Bloom, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2025

Attendance quadrupled from 15,000 admissions in 1995 to 67,000 in 2006, 75,000 by 2010. —John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025

Noun

The 81-year-old has a long history of heart disease, including multiple heart attacks that led to quadruple bypass surgery in 1997. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025

Liberals were the butt of the joke just 982 times across 818 episodes, which was the first time in the study’s history that this joke count failed to reach quadruple digits. —Peter White, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2025

Adjective

In the weeks ahead, Brighton & Hove Albion face a quadruple test away from home against four of the giants of the Premier League. —Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025

Cuadra fled Honduras following the quadruple murder. —Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 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