sextuple

adjective

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sex·tu·ple | \ seks-ˈtü-pəl

, -ˈtyü-, -ˈtə-; ˈsek-stə-pəl \

Definition of sextuple

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : having six units or members

2 : being six times as great or as many

3 : marked by six beats per measure of music sextuple time

sextuple

verb

sextupled; sextupling\ seks-ˈtü-p(ə-)liŋ

, -ˈtyü- , -ˈtə- ; ˈsek-stə- \

Definition of sextuple (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to make six times as much or as many

intransitive verb

: to become six times as much or as numerous

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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Covid-19 deaths will likely sextuple, from 3,000 to more than 18,000. — Adam Weinstein, The New Republic, "Florida Man Leads His State to the Morgue," 17 June 2020 The legislation would also roughly double the maximum size of the EITC for working families and almost sextuple it for childless workers. — Alaska Dispatch News, "Tax cut proposal looks like no break for the middle class," 18 Oct. 2017

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