Definition of quadruple
: to become four times as great or as numerous
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Examples of quadruple in a Sentence
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.
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The stock had quadrupled since going public nearly two years ago, closing Friday at $49.42, with a market cap of $1.4 billion.
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The number of single-bid tenders more than quadrupled between 2012 and 2017.
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The number of Ohio Medicaid recipients who have an opioid addiction has quadrupled since 2010, a state auditor's report shows.
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Probably the most cosmopolitan way to quadruple-team your cholesterol count.
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According to data referenced in the article, Nashville's metro area population has nearly quadrupled since 1930.
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It’s surrounded by dense forest and it’s nearly quadrupled its population since 1980.
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Now, many of those athletes compete with the Berwyn Bombers or Hinsdale 86ers, where Thuma said the boys program has quadrupled in size in less than a year.
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The mortality rate quadrupled from the decade before, and locals started to complain the animals were hurting deer populations on private land.
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Origin and Etymology of quadruple
Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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Recent Examples of quadruple from the Web
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The incident happened the same day as a quadruple homicide at another Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Some predictions say that within 50 years the number of people living with Alzheimer’s will more than quadruple.
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The Jeep that authorities say fled Independence police and caused a quadruple fatal crash was stolen two days before from a QuikTrip parking lot, the owner told The Star.
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The incidents, which happened across the city and took place over a span of less than four hours late Thursday and early Friday, included a quadruple shooting and two double shootings.
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The 10-team, 19-game, eight day tournament began May 26 with a quadruple-header that started at 9 a.m. local time.
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At Plainfield: Isaac Guerendo was a quadruple winner, powering No. 1 Avon to an eighth straight sectional title.
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Camellia Smart already had come through quadruple-bypass surgery, but this was different.
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One stems from a visit by motivational speaker Kyle Maynard, a quadruple amputee who scaled Mount Kilimanjaro by crawling the 19,340-foot ascent.
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Definition of quadruple
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: having four units or members
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: being four times as great or as many
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: marked by four beats per measure
- quadruple meter
Examples of quadruple in a Sentence
She ordered a quadruple espresso.
Recent Examples of quadruple from the Web
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Formats for the collection include limited edition deluxe box set, limited edition deluxe double CD, double CD in slipcase, quadruple heavyweight vinyl in slipcase, and digital download.
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Vehicle miles traveled per person are about twice as high in the U.S. as in Sweden, while the U.S. death rate is quadruple Sweden’s.
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From quadruple rainbows to post-storm sunsets, our country is constantly coming up with new ways to take our breath.
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AaRon Daniel, one of the victims killed in a quadruple fatality crash Friday in Kansas City was en route to see his newborn baby, the man's father said.
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Fifteen years after he was fired from Creighton, the quadruple murder trial of Anthony Garcia finally began.
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Last year, in pursuit of his second PGA Championship, Day made quadruple bogey at the 18th to close out his third round and kill any hope of another major victory.
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According to Deadline, which broke the story this morning, new evidence in the 1959 Clutter family killings, the quadruple murder in Kansas which serves as the foundation for Capote's bestseller, has promoted a miniseries to reexamine the crime.
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Brandan Marrocco, a quadruple amputee veteran of the Iraq War, received a double arm transplant at Johns Hopkins about five years ago.
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First Known Use of quadruple
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QUADRUPLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of quadruple for English Language Learners
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: to become four times bigger in value or number
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: to cause (something) to become four times bigger
quadruple
Definition of quadruple for English Language Learners
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: four times bigger in size or amount
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: having four parts or including four people or things
QUADRUPLE Defined for Kids
Definition of quadruple for Students
quadrupled;
quadrupling
: to make or become four times as great or as many
Definition of quadruple for Students
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: having four units or parts
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: being four times as great or as many
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