quadruplet
noun
qua·dru·plet
kwä-ˈdrü-plət 
-ˈdrə-
-ˈdrə-
ˈkwä-drə-plət
1
: a combination of four of a kind
2
: one of four offspring produced in the same pregnancy
3
: a group of four musical notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to three of the same kind
Examples of quadruplet in a Sentence
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In 1930, a family in Michigan experienced the unimaginable: A mother conceived and gave birth to identical quadruplets, all girls.
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Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
The babies need help with eating, but the 2-month-old quadruplets are breathing on their own.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 May 2023
Rachael, Abigail, Julia and Luke Molnar are 22-year-old quadruplets who graduated together from Metropolitan State University of Denver on May 12.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 23 May 2023
The number of triplet births was far smaller at 2,933, and the number of quadruplet or higher births was even smaller at 148.
—Beth Reese Cravey, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
Farley fills in the gaps with interesting-but-not-totally-relevant stories from the life of David Rosenthal, a scientist at NIMH who edited a 1963 book about the quadruplets, as well as with history of the science around schizophrenia and heaping helpings of cultural analysis.
—Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
The quadruplets are expected to remain at UAB until their technical due date next month.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 May 2023
The quadruplets are expected to remain in hospital care until June, the month of their technical due date, according to Today.
—Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
The quadruplets, ahead of graduation, also met with University of Alabama President Stuart Bell.
—John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
The babies need help with eating, but the 2-month-old quadruplets are breathing on their own.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 May 2023
Rachael, Abigail, Julia and Luke Molnar are 22-year-old quadruplets who graduated together from Metropolitan State University of Denver on May 12.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 23 May 2023
The number of triplet births was far smaller at 2,933, and the number of quadruplet or higher births was even smaller at 148.
—Beth Reese Cravey, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
Farley fills in the gaps with interesting-but-not-totally-relevant stories from the life of David Rosenthal, a scientist at NIMH who edited a 1963 book about the quadruplets, as well as with history of the science around schizophrenia and heaping helpings of cultural analysis.
—Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
The quadruplets are expected to remain at UAB until their technical due date next month.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 May 2023
The quadruplets are expected to remain in hospital care until June, the month of their technical due date, according to Today.
—Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
The quadruplets, ahead of graduation, also met with University of Alabama President Stuart Bell.
—John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Kids Definition
quadruplet
noun
qua·dru·plet
kwä-ˈdrü-plət
-ˈdrəp-lət
-ˈdrəp-lət
ˈkwäd-rə-plət
1
: a combination of four of a kind
2
: one of four offspring born at one birth
Medical Definition
quadruplet
noun
qua·dru·plet
kwä-ˈdrəp-lət
-ˈdrüp-; ˈkwäd-rəp-
-ˈdrüp-; ˈkwäd-rəp-
1
: one of four offspring born at one birth
2
quadruplets plural
: a group of four offspring born at one birth
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