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quadruple

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/

The English word “quadruple” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

verb

  1. To multiply by four.
  2. To increase by a factor of four.
  3. To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

noun

  1. Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
  2. A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.

Etymology

From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple.

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