quadruple
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- noun
- /kwɑːˈdruːpəl/
- The ratio of these two proportions is almost exactly a quadruple (89.3/22.3 = 3.999).
- quadruple bypass
- quadruple bypass surgery
Examples
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Telling me as a customer that I have to buy now or pay quadruple the price doesn't seem like a service.
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Tax relief on churches has been taken away and mosques have got like, I think quadruple the funding to protect them.
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If a woman has both obesity and diabetes, she has quadruple the risk of having an autistic child.
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Make mine a quadruple, with four umbrellas and six cherries.
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The professor explained that a quadruple can refer to a group of four students working together on the project.
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In mathematics, a quadruple consists of four numbers that are related to each other.
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The concert featured a quadruple of musicians playing different instruments in harmony.
Synonyms
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A set of four people or things thought of as one unit
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A group of four similar things treated as one
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A set of four related things
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A set of four things or people seen as one group
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Etymology
The word quadruple comes from the old Latin quadruplex, which means 'fourfold' or 'four'. So a quadruple is a group or amount of four things, like a quartet, which has four musicians.