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quad·ru·ple
(kwŏ-dro͞o′pəl, -drŭp′əl, kwŏd′ro͝o-pəl)adj.
1. Consisting of four parts or members.
2. Four times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
3. Music Having four beats to the measure.
n.
A fourfold amount or number.
tr. & intr.v. quad·ru·pled, quad·ru·pling, quad·ru·ples
To multiply or be multiplied by four: quadrupled the order; quadrupled in size.
[From Middle English quadriple, fourfold amount, and quadruple, tooth with four roots, both from Old French quadruple, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus, fourfold : quadru-, quadri-, quadri- + -plus, -fold; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
quad·ru′ply adv.
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quadruple
(ˈkwɒdrʊpəl; kwɒˈdruːpəl)vb
to multiply by four or increase fourfold
adj
1. four times as much or as many; fourfold
2. consisting of four parts
n
a quantity or number four times as great as another
[C16: via Old French from Latin quadruplus, from quadru- (see quadri-) + -plus -fold]
ˈquadruply adv
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quad•ru•ple
(kwɒˈdru pəl, -ˈdrʌp əl, ˈkwɒd rʊ pəl)adj., n., v. -pled, -pling. adj.
1. fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
2. four times as great.
3. Music. having four beats to a measure.
n. 4. a number, amount, etc., four times as great as another.
v.t., v.i. 5. to make or become four times as great.
quad•ru′ply, adv.
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quadruple
Past participle: quadrupled
Gerund: quadrupling
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Noun | 1. | quadruple - a set of four similar things considered as a unit set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
2. | quadruple - a quantity that is four times as great as another multiple - the product of a quantity by an integer; "36 is a multiple of 9" | |
Verb | 1. | quadruple - increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled" |
Adj. | 1. | quadruple - having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit" |
2. | quadruple - four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit" |
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Translations
أرْبَعَة أضْعافرُباعييُضاعِف أربع مرّات
čtvernýčtyřnásobnýnásobit čtyřmi
firdeltfirdoblefire gange
négyeleműnégyszeresenégyszeresére növel
fjórfaldafjórfaldurfjórskiptur
keturgubai padidėti/padidintiketurgubasketurlinkasketuršalis
četrdaļīgsčetrkāršotčetrkāršotiesčetrkārtīgsčetrpusīgs
štvornásobnýzoštvornásobiť
dört kat art makdört katlıdört misli
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
quadruple
[ˈkwɒdrʊpəl kwɒˈdruːpəl] n → quadruple m
adv → quatre fois plus que
vt → quadrupler
vi → quadrupler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
quadruple
[ˈkwɒdrʊpl]1. adj → quadruplo/a, quadruplice
2. vt → quadruplicare
3. vi → quadruplicarsi
4. n → quadruplo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
quadruple
(kwoˈdruːpl) adjective1. four times as much or as many.
2. made up of four parts etc.
verb to make or become four times as great.
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