English Explanatory Dictionary

quadruple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/ /kwɒˈdɹuː.pəl/ /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/ /kwɑˈdɹʌp.əl/ /ˈkwɑd.ɹə.pəl/ en-us-quadruple.ogg

Word forms

quadruple quadruples quadrupling quadrupled

Etymology

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

Synonyms

quad

Antonyms

quarter

Related words

single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold quintuple pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad pair couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome quartet tetrad fivesome quintet pentad only one singlet twin one of two doublet triplet one of three quadruplet one of four quintuplet pentuplet one of five sextuple hextuple sixfold septuple heptuple sevenfold octuple eightfold ninefold nonuple tenfold decuple sixsome sextet hexad sevensome septet heptad eightsome

Derived words

quadrupleness quadruple stop quadruple time simple quadruple time subquadruple quadruplet Pythagorean quadruple quadruple bluff quadruple-click quadruple double quadruple-header quadruple-masted quadruple scull quadruple star quadruple star system quadruple thread quadruple whole quadruple whole note quadruple witching
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