Adjacent Words

Quadruple definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAD'RUPLE, a. [L. quadruplus; quadra, quatuor, and plico, to fold.]
Fourfold; four times told; as, to make quadruple restitution for trespass or theft.
QUAD'RUPLE, n. Four times the sum or number; as, to receive quadruple the amount in damages or profits.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold]
2: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" [syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold] n
1: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple]
2: a quantity that is four times as great as another v
1: increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (quadrupled; quadrupling) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus Date: 14th century transitive verb to make four times as great or as many intransitive verb to become four times as great or as numerous II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus four times as great, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold Date: 15th century a sum four times as great as another III. adjective Date: 1557 1. having four units or members 2. being four times as great or as many 3. marked by four beats per measure <quadruple meter> • quadruply adverb • quadruplicity noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 fourfold. 2 a having four parts. b involving four participants (quadruple alliance). 3 being four times as many or as much. 4 (of time in music) having four beats in a bar. --n. a fourfold number or amount. --v.tr. & intr. multiply by four; increase fourfold. Derivatives: quadruply adv. Etymology: F f. L quadruplus (as QUADRI-, -plus as in duplus DUPLE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, a. [L. quadruplus, from quattuor four: cf. F. quadruple. See Quadrate, and cf. Double.] Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, n. [Cf. F. quadruple, L. quadruplum.] four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quadrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrupling.] [L. quadruplare: cf. F. quadrupler.] To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. --A. Smith.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quadruple Quad"ru*ple, v. i. To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(quadruples, quadrupling, quadrupled) 1. If someone quadruples an amount or if it quadruples, it becomes four times bigger. Norway has quadrupled its exports to the EU... The price has quadrupled in the last few years. VERB: V n, V 2. If one amount is quadruple another amount, it is four times bigger. They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price. PREDET: PREDET det n 3. You use quadruple to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times. ...a quadruple murder. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Fourfold.