four times

301 1.0

To multiply an amount by four

adverb

: cuatro veces

Most voters were required to cast ballots four times between November 1989 and November 1990.
four times as likely
four times more
four times as

And the Titanic was four times larger than the largest ferry.

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Examples

He makes four times what I do.

Rich Kids (1979)
Teachers read the target book four times per week, whereas caregivers read the target book twice per week.

Academic text (2015)
It's not same as three times or four times or N times.
I mean, it is interesting, but doing it four times a day, you know?
Last year they sold almost four times that number.
Repeat that four times at least once a week.
I'll pay you four times what it's worth.

Kindergarten Cop (1990)
And his corn yields are four times what his dad got.
At 20 centimeters, telescopes pick up four times as many objects as at 6 centimeters.

Academic text (1996)
He makes four times what I do.

Synonyms

fourfold

vsfour times

3 4.7

By four times as much

is the simpler everyday numeric phrase rather than a single-word term

quadruply

vsfour times

1 7.6

By four times as much

is the everyday, simple numeric phrase rather than formal adverb

How Many Times

four times

301 1.0

three times

747 1.0

twice

∞ 1.0

once

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

four times positive

Morphology

four + times

The meaning 'by a factor of four / on four occasions' is directly compositional from 'four' (the number) + 'times' (multiplicity/frequency or multiplication), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This numeric+multiplicative construction is a routine, cross-linguistically common pattern and follows standard English usage, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.

Etymology

Four times comes from the simple idea of doing something four separate times: four is the number and times shows repetition or 'multiply'. Imagine one apple becoming four apples, so the amount is four times bigger and it means 'by a factor of four'.