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

Meanwhile, the total amount owed more than quadrupled from $387 billion to $1.8 trillion during that time, growing faster than any other form of household debt. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025

Container shipping research firm Sea-Intelligence says total capacity on the Asia to North American West Coast route has nearly quadrupled compared to 2012 levels. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 July 2025

Noun

Universities, industry associations, and regulatory bodies must collaborate to create an environment where quadruple bottom line thinking becomes the norm. —Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Officers began looking into a quadruple shooting in West Baltimore less than three hours after four people were injured in a shooting in Carrollton Ridge, according to a statement from the Baltimore Police Department. —Danny Tow, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025

Adjective

Leaders suggested that an ongoing heat wave could have played a role in a pair of quadruple shootings that broke out Monday evening. —Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025

Hallelujah the Hills made a quadruple album and then some. —Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 19 June 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