to quintuple

Examples

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• According to the Financial Times, trade between China and Latin America has quintupled since 1999, reaching almost $40 billion by the end of last year.

  Academic text (2005)

• Over the past two decades, the Asian part of the electorate has tripled and the Hispanic portion has quintupled.

  Blog text (31)

• The program will quintuple the number of Saudi students and scholars here by the academic year's end.

  Blog text (13)

• The height of some trees quintupled in just six years.

• World trade quintupled during the same period from $4 trillion to $27.5 trillion.

  Academic text (2013)

• Between 1965 and 1990, for example, real per capita output in both Taiwan and South Korea more than quintupled.

  Academic text (1992)

• Private capital flows from developed to developing nations quintupled from 1990 to 1996, although official aid declined more than 25% (World Bank 1997).

  Academic text (1998)

• Data from the timeline reveals that, since 1980, weather-related disasters have nearly quintupled in frequency and cost more than $1 trillion in economic losses.

  Blog text (14)

• The population in the province of Saskatchewan quintupled: in 1901, Saskatchewan had 90,000 residents, and in 1911 it had 490,000 residents.

  Academic text (1990)

• Since the introduction of new policies, the number of students enrolled in the program has quintupled in just two years.

How Many Times

octuple

1 7.7

septuple

8.2

to sextuple

7.7

to quintuple

3 7.5

to quadruple

31 4.8

to triple

103 2.5

double

18 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology