quadruple
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadruple in British English:
UK [kwɒˈdruːpl , ˈkwɒdrʊpl]
How to pronounce quadruple in American English:
US [kwɑːˈdruːpl]
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- Noun:
- a quantity that is four times as great as another
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- Verb:
- increase fourfold
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- Adjective:
- having four units or components
- four times as great or many
Word Origin
- quadruple (v.)
- late 14c., from Middle French quadrupler, from Late Latin quadruplare "make fourfold, multiply by four," from Latin quadruplus (adj.) "quadruple, fourfold" (see quadruple (adj.)).
- quadruple (adj.)
- 1550s, from Middle French quadruple (13c.), from Latin quadruplus "fourfold," from quadri- "four" (see quadru-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus).
Example
- 1. Officials say they will quadruple the city 's industrial and agricultural output by the year 2000 .
- 2. G.m.s sales in china in the first half of 2010 were quadruple those of the ford motor company .
- 3. Mr zheng plans to quadruple the number of 7 days inns in china this year to 400 , from slightly more than 100 last year .
- 4. So it is that russia is considering plans to quadruple excise duties on beer by 2012 .
- 5. The group also estimates that revenue generated by those industries will more than quadruple to $ 4.5 trillion in that time .