quadruple

[ kwo-droo-puhl, -druhp-uhl, kwod-roo-puhl ]

/ kwɒˈdru pəl, -ˈdrʌp əl, ˈkwɒd rʊ pəl /

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adjective

fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.

four times as great.

Music. having four beats to a measure.

noun

a number, amount, etc., four times as great as another.

something, as a series of acrobatic somersaults, made up of four clearly defined parts or stages: the first trapeze artist to perform a quadruple successfully.

verb (used with or without object), quad·ru·pled, quad·ru·pling.

to make or become four times as great: To serve 24 people, quadruple the recipe. My savings quadrupled in 20 years.

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Origin of quadruple

1325–75; Middle English <Latin quadruplus;cf. quadru-, duple

OTHER WORDS FROM quadruple

quad·ru·ple·ness, nounquad·ru·ply, adverb

Words nearby quadruple

quadrumane, quadrumanous, quadrumvir, quadrumvirate, quadruped, quadruple, quadruple run, quadruplet, quadruple time, quadruplex, quadruplicate

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How to use quadruple in a sentence

After a quadruple lynching in 1946, The Washington Post published an op-ed describing Monroe as “lynchtown.”
A Southerner who abandoned the Lost Cause|John Reeves|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Second, the pace of vaccinations has continued to climb steadily over the past few weeks, quadrupling the number of shots a day in a month’s time.
The case for optimism on Covid-19, in 2 charts|German Lopez|February 5, 2021|Vox
Robinhood continues to come under pressure from power users and politicians, but its investors are doubling, tripling and maybe even quadrupling down.
Robinhood investors unfazed by potential regulations|Dan Primack|February 2, 2021|Axios
Danish officials say that as a result, daily coronavirus cases there could quadruple by the beginning of April.
Denmark is sequencing all coronavirus samples and has an alarming view of the U.K. variant|Michael Birnbaum, Martin Selsoe Sorensen|January 22, 2021|Washington Post

Since October, the total number of Covid-19 cases and deaths has roughly quadrupled, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Angela Merkel's CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany's Next Chancellor|Madeline Roache|January 14, 2021|Time
In these European elections, Le Pen is set to quadruple the National Front's 2009 showing.
Elections Could Be the Beginning of the End for Europe|Tracy McNicoll, Nadette De Visser|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The horrific quadruple homicide shocked the sleepy Southern town.
Curtis Flowers: Mississippi's Marked Man|Paul Alexander|June 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hence Reality Hunger, which attempted “to put ‘reality’ within quadruple quotation marks.”
Is Fiction Worthless? David Shields Think So|Jacob Silverman|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Investigators now believe that the lone bicyclist was a primary target in the quadruple homicide rocking Europe.
French Alps Murder Mystery’s Forensic Breakthrough|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She arrived at the convention wearing a quadruple strand of pearls and significant diamond studs.
Ann Romney's Red Dress At The Republican National Convention|Robin Givhan|August 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Having no more internal squabbles to fear, it will present a formidable quadruple breast to the outer world.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
An English farmer would instantaneously double or quadruple the produce of the province.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
There was a quadruple row of vehicles on three sides of the arbor, the fourth being, at considerable pains, left open for passage.
Alone|Marion Harland
A quadruple alliance, then, between the two imperial courts and France and Spain was impossible.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Then suddenly Michael began to hate Dora and the quadruple intrigue was broken up.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for quadruple

quadruple

/ (ˈkwɒdrʊpəl, kwɒˈdruːpəl) /

verb

to multiply by four or increase fourfold

adjective

four times as much or as many; fourfold

consisting of four parts

noun

a quantity or number four times as great as another

Derived forms of quadruple

quadruply, adverb

Word Origin for quadruple

C16: via Old French from Latin quadruplus, from quadru- (see quadri-) + -plus -fold

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