quadruplicate

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adjective

qua·​dru·​pli·​cate kwä-ˈdrü-pli-kət 

1

: consisting of or existing in four corresponding or identical parts or examples

quadruplicate invoices

2

: being the fourth of four things exactly alike

quadruplicate

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verb

qua·​dru·​pli·​cate kwä-ˈdrü-plə-ˌkāt 

quadruplicated; quadruplicating

transitive verb

1

: to make quadruple or fourfold

2

: to prepare in quadruplicate

quadruplication

kwä-ˌdrü-plə-ˈkā-shən 

noun

quadruplicate

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noun

qua·​dru·​pli·​cate kwä-ˈdrü-pli-kət 

1

: four copies all alike

—used with in

typed in quadruplicate

2

: one of four things exactly alike

specifically : one of four identical copies

Examples of quadruplicate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Meanwhile, the sheer curtains came alive with layered projections — solar flares, pulsing wavelengths, images of Reznor casting ghostly echoes of himself across the gauze in duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate. —Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin quadruplicatus, past participle of quadruplicare to quadruple, from quadruplic-, quadruplex fourfold, from quadri- + -plic-, -plex fold — more at -fold

First Known Use

Adjective

1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for quadruplicate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Kids Definition

quadruplicate

noun

qua·​dru·​pli·​cate

kwä-ˈdrü-pli-kət

1

: four copies all alike

—used with in

papers typed in quadruplicate

2

: one of four things exactly alike

especially : one of four identical copies