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

Overdose deaths in the city began climbing to devastating new highs, quadrupling between 2011 and 2017, for example. —Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024

With a recent rise in average temperatures, heat deaths in Maricopa County have more than quadrupled in the last seven years. —Meghan Pryce, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024

Noun

Boat Stuff Rowing: Men and women’s single, double, and quadruple sculls heats start July 27. —Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024

Fertilizing the ocean with iron could remove marine CO2 at a cost of between $7 and $1,500 per ton, but verifying that the CO2 was successfully removed would triple or quadruple costs. —Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024

Adjective

By far the biggest cheer of the night came when cameras spotted France's quadruple gold medalist swimmer Léon Marchand in the bleachers. —Gadi Schwartz, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024

This year’s Outlaw Music Festival, always led by Nelson, is a quadruple bill. —Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024

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

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