quadruple

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verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrü-pəl How to pronounce quadruple (audio) -ˈdrə- How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
ˈkwä-drə-
quadrupled; quadrupling kwä-ˈdrü-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
-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

2 of 3

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 How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
-ˈdrə-;
ˈkwä-drə-
adverb
quadruplicity
ˌkwä-dru̇-ˈpli-sə-tē How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
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.
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Verb
Options volume in both surged, according to Cboe LiveVol data, with GLD on pace for twice its 30-day average and GDX quadrupling its typical trading volume. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Uber quadrupled the number of employees who use frontier AI tools, Naga explained, which brought down the cost per token. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
As part of his guilty plea, Kohberger avoided a high-profile quadruple murder trial and the inevitable social media fervor that would come with it. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026 Then there’s the quadruple threat of cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, and evaporated milk to ensure that no bite of this casserole is dry. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
Adjective
As for actually making money, Amazon's net income for the year of close to $78 billion was more than quadruple SpaceX's revenue. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 18 June 2026 Though quadruple organ transplants remain rare, multi-organ transplants have become more widespread in recent years as medical advances have allowed people with serious illnesses to live longer, Barth said. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for quadruple

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of quadruple was in the 14th century

Rhymes for quadruple

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“Quadruple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadruple. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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quadruple

1 of 2 verb
qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrüp-əl How to pronounce quadruple (audio) -ˈdrəp- How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
ˈkwäd-rəp-
quadrupled; quadrupling -(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
: 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

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