Definition of quadruple
intransitive verb
: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.
Recent Examples of quadruple from the Web
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India’s software and services exports have nearly quadrupled over the past ten years, to $117bn a year.
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The two soccer matches are expected to draw triple and perhaps quadruple the attendance for the recent All-Star Game and Home Run Derby at Marlins Park.
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Mother Jones' Julia Lurie reports on the trend from Ashtabula County, Ohio, where the number of kids in court custody quadrupled from 69 in 2014 to 279 last year.
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The population of East Hampton quadruples in the summer months and the airport is flooded with visitors.
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Opioids were involved in 33,091 deaths nationwide in 2015, and opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 1999.
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That number has nearly quadrupled with pet owners spending $66.75 billion on their pets in 2016.
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Since 1991, the number of opioid overdose deaths has quadrupled.
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Brinson said his medical insurance has quadrupled in recent years.
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Origin and Etymology of quadruple
Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus
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Recent Examples of quadruple from the Web
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The quadruple shooting happened around 11 a.m., near Central Avenue and Corcoran Place, next to a CTA Green Line station, on the West Side, police said.
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The 54-year-old man killed was among the victims of a quadruple shooting in Northwest Baltimore that also left a 53-year-old man, a 38-year-old man and a 24-year-old man wounded.
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Upon his arrival last summer, Guardiola's City were instantly made firm favourites to sweep the Premier League, the club was targeting progress in the Champions League, and the most optimistic fans even had their eyes on an unprecedented quadruple.
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Since the election of President Trump, GEO — which donated $170,000 to a Trump political action committee last year, and $250,000 to his inaugural bash — has seen its stock price nearly quadruple.
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Even so, 14,600 square feet of existing commercial space will more than quadruple to 64,000.
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Even so, 14,600 square feet of existing commercial space will more than quadruple to 64,000.
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Even so, 14,600 square feet of existing commercial space will more than quadruple to 64,000.
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Sheeran’s quadruple-platinum Divide shows remarkable stamina by holding off five fast-starting new albums to clinch another ARIA chart crown.
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Origin and Etymology of quadruple
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus four times as great, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold
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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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Using more than 55 micrograms daily appeared to almost quadruple lung-cancer risk.
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That’s almost quadruple the number of snaps Gathers played all of last preseason.
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The new entity, quadruple the size of the old one, gives it a broader U.S. footprint, reach into almost 50 million homes and businesses, and expanded sales and marketing forces.
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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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Slow metabolizers younger than 50 who drink four cups per day or more had quadruple the risk of having a heart attack.
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John underwent quadruple bypass surgery at University Hospitals after that.
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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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In December, Pigatti broke his left fibula wrestling in a 182-pound, quadruple overtime match at the annual Rex Whitlatch Invitational.
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First Known Use of quadruple
1557
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QUADRUPLE Defined for English Language Learners
quadruple
play
verb
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
adjective
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
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