quadruple

Meanings

Plural: quadruples

Noun

• a set of four similar things considered as a unit
• a quantity that is four times as great as another
• Something that is four times the usual number, amount, size, etc.
• A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.

Verb

• increase fourfold
  • "His stock earning quadrupled"
• To multiply by four.
• To increase by a factor of four.
• To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

Adjective Satellite

• having four units or components
  • "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"
  • "quadruplex wire"
• four times as great or many

Adj

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

Synonyms

four-fold, fourfold, quad, quadruplet, quadruplex, quadruplicate, quartet, quartette

Antonyms

quarter

Related Words

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Anagrams of quadruple