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

Nebius, in particular, saw its total contract value virtually quadruple in its latest quarter. — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Uber quadrupled the number of employees who use frontier AI tools, Naga explained, which brought down the cost per token. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

Noun

Despite the Pentagon's urgent push to triple and quadruple production, defense order backlogs are growing four times faster than actual output. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

As part of his guilty plea, Kohberger avoided a high-profile quadruple murder trial and the inevitable social media fervor that would come with it. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

Adjective

Besides the Lockheed award, the Pentagon has signed framework agreements with Lockheed and Northrop Grumman to triple Patriot production and quadruple THAAD output. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

As for actually making money, Amazon's net income for the year of close to $78 billion was more than quadruple SpaceX's revenue. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 18 June 2026

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