quadruple
verb
- to make/become four times as many
noun
- achievement in association football with 4 won trophies in one season
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/ / /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/ / /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
- Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
“He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
- Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
- A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.
- To multiply by four.
“Quadrupling four gives sixteen.”
- To increase by a factor of four.
“Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.”
“Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested.”
- To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.
“On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.”
“Quadrupling the short remaining stretch of three-track railway north of Rugby, left over by the turn of the century modernisation, is a possibility that could be pursued.”