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

The value of the building next door that houses Howdy, the county said, had more than quadrupled from $106,000 to more than $450,000. —Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025

Google searches into mushroom supplements have nearly quadrupled over the last five years. —Mattha Busby, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025

Noun

Here are dozens of examples of exceptional double — or triple, or quadruple or sextuple — bills happening in Connecticut this summer that create an evening-long consistent mood. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025

Chelsea have kept their hopes of a historic quadruple alive thanks to England international Aggie Beever-Jones’s stoppage-time winner against Liverpool in Saturday’s Women’s FA Cup semi-final. —Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025

Adjective

Hallelujah the Hills made a quadruple album and then some. —Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025

Friday wasn’t as kind as Nicholas shot 45 on the front nine, including a quadruple bogey on No. 5. —Apress, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 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