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

Maev sells flash-frozen, uncooked USDA-grade meat-and-vegetable mixes for about $150 a month for a medium-size dog; its sales quadrupled in 2022. —Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024

In May, the Biden administration quadrupled tariffs on EV imports from China, from 25% to 100%, aiming to boost American jobs and manufacturing. —Laura He, CNN, 18 June 2024

Noun

Country music star Mark Chesnutt is recovering from emergency quadruple bypass surgery. —Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 21 June 2024

Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. surged during the conflict’s first three months, more than quadruple compared to the year prior, according to data collected by the Anti-Defamation League. —Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024

Adjective

Read an exclusive excerpt from journalist Howard Blum's new book, 'When the Night Comes Falling,' out June 25 A gruesome quadruple murder shocked the University of Idaho in fall 2022 and now the journalist whose reporting earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination has written a book about the case. —Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024

The number of Americans ages 100 and older is forecast to more than quadruple to 422,000 by 2054, according to census figures analyzed by Pew Research. —Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024

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

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