quadruple
Americanadjective
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fourfold; consisting of four parts.
a quadruple alliance.
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four times as great.
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Music. having four beats to a measure.
noun
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a number, amount, etc., four times as great as another.
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something, as a series of acrobatic somersaults, made up of four clearly defined parts or stages.
the first trapeze artist to perform a quadruple successfully.
verb (used with or without object)
verb
adjective
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four times as much or as many; fourfold
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consisting of four parts
noun
Other Word Forms
- quadrupleness noun
- quadruply adverb
Etymology
Origin of quadruple
Example Sentences
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But Arsenal isn’t ready to entertain talk of a quadruple.
Decades later, the home has roughly quadrupled in value.
Dean's quadruple win re-affirms her position as Britain's biggest new star, following her success at the Grammys last month in Los Angeles, where she won best new artist.
From BBC
Power consumption by data centres in Indonesia -- where coal generates nearly 70 percent of electricity -- will likely quadruple by 2030, according to energy think tank Ember.
From Barron's
Over this period, the Indian navy more than doubled its tonnage, but China’s naval tonnage more than quadrupled.
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