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, Alphabet, which raised $25 billion in a bond sale in November, quadrupled its long-term debt in 2025. —Kevin Williams, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026

According to Cooke, the number of American women working in journalism nearly quadrupled from 1930 to 1960. —Casey Schwartz, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026

Noun

And in this moment, Arteta’s side finds itself in contention to win a quadruple this season. —Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

Alongside the cylinder are two fold-out tools, one of which serves quadruple duty as a pry bar, nail puller, saw, and box opener. —New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026

Adjective

In a matter of five hours, eight people suffered gunshot wounds in two quadruple shootings in Duval County. —Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 22 Feb. 2026

Kalshi’s business has grown from a niche prediction market into a multi-hundred-million-dollar-revenue, multibillion-dollar-volume exchange in just a few years, with growth rates in the triple and even quadruple digits. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Feb. 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