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quadruple

quadruple

17 4.0
Made of four parts or four times larger
  • adjective
  • /kwɑːˈdruːpəl/
translation icon : cuádruple
  • In 1960, Latin America's per capita income was in the $300-$400 range; now it is quadruple that.
  • quadruple meter
  • triple or quadruple

I mean, it's, it's triple or quadruple what it used to be.

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Examples

  • The new smartphone offers a quadruple lens camera for enhanced photography.

  • Probably quadruple the price that I actually paid for this candy.

  • I mean, it's, it's triple or quadruple what it used to be.

  • More grassroots than ever, and yet quadruple the size.

  • If a woman has obesity and diabetes, she has quadruple the risk of having an autistic child.

  • This cake recipe calls for quadruple layers of chocolate and vanilla.

  • The quadruple benefits of using public transportation include saving money, reducing pollution, improving health, and decreasing traffic.

Synonyms

four times
vsquadruple
136 1.0

To multiply an amount by four

also applies to objects composed of four parts, not only numeric increase
fourfold
vsquadruple
3 5.1

Four times as much or having four parts

is the broader entry expressing both quantity and composition senses
four-fold
vsquadruple
1 4.6

Having four parts or being four times as large

is the general term listing both the part and multiplier senses
quadrivalent
vsquadruple
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Having four parts or affecting four different targets

is the same general four-part or four-times idea outside technical use
quadruplicate
vsquadruple
8.5

Having four parts

covers the same idea of four parts or fourfold amount
quadruplex
vsquadruple
9.9

Having four parts or units

includes that form meaning and also the four-times sense

Compounds

quadruple time
  • Specialized
6.6

A way of counting music in groups of four beats

How Many

decad
  • Archaic
9.9
nonuple
  • Specialized
9.9
quintuple
2 6.8
quadruple
17 4.0
triple
194 2.6
double
1.0
single
54 1.0

Surface Forms

quadruple positive
quadrupler comparative
quadruplest superlative

Etymology

The adjective quadruple comes from Latin quadruplex, meaning 'fourfold'. It describes something made of four parts or that is four times as great, just like a quartet has four players.