to quadruple
31
4.8
- verb
- /kwɒˈdruːpəl/
:
cuadruplicar
- In real terms, average per capita GDP roughly quadrupled between 1913 and 1998.
- quadrupling prices
- quadrupled in size
- quadruple the number
The yield would double and then triple and then quadruple by decade.
- The yield would double and then triple and then quadruple by decade.
- I think that still means it's tripled or quadrupled since its IPO.
- I have to quadruple the frequency.
- As it turns out, I'm teaching three classes for them, which quadrupled my teaching load for the fall.
- Most investors understand that any investment that can quickly quadruple can quickly quarter in price as well.
- What if I told you that you can double, triple or even quadruple your Internet speed with one easy trick?
- Since the the months after, after SNL, our listenership probably quadrupled.
- So, but in the matter of less than a year, that investment more than quadrupled.
- Oh my gosh, our audience just quadrupled.
- And as it turns out, you can make them go double, triple or even quadruple as fast simply by overvolting them.
- A fun start is that we have actually almost quadrupled our listenership in the last couple of years.
- And so many people said to me that two children double the work, but three children quadruple the work.
Examples
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As it turns out, I'm teaching three classes for them, which quadrupled my teaching load for the fall.
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In China, for example, undergraduate student numbers have more than quadrupled in little over a decade.
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We will easily quadruple our sales this year.
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What if I could quadruple your income?
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I have to quadruple the frequency.
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No, this thing has like quadrupled in size since Monday.
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Foreign trade almost quadrupled from 10 percent of GDP in 1978 to 38 percent of GDP in 2001.
Academic text (2013) -
Between 1900 and 2000, the world's population almost quadrupled, from about 1.6 billion people to around 6.1 billion.
Academic text (2010) -
Although its economy remains primitive, China's gross domestic product quadrupled during the two decades after normalization in 1979.
Academic text (2001) -
We will easily quadruple our sales this year.
Synonyms
To make four copies of something
Compounds
How Many Times
- Specialized
1
5.0
12
4.3
31
4.8
103
2.5
18
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb quadruple comes from Latin quadruplex, meaning 'fourfold'. To quadruple something is to make it 'four times' as large or as many, which is why we say something 'quadrupled' when it became four times bigger.