QUADRUPLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does quadruple mean?
• QUADRUPLE (noun)
The noun QUADRUPLE has 2 senses:
1. a set of four similar things considered as a unit
2. a quantity that is four times as great as another
Familiarity information: QUADRUPLE used as a noun is rare.
• QUADRUPLE (adjective)
The adjective QUADRUPLE has 2 senses:
1. having four units or components
2. four times as great or many
Familiarity information: QUADRUPLE used as an adjective is rare.
• QUADRUPLE (verb)
The verb QUADRUPLE has 1 sense:
1. increase fourfold
Familiarity information: QUADRUPLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUADRUPLE (noun)
Meaning:
A set of four similar things considered as a unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
quadruple; quartette; quadruplet; quartet
Hypernyms ("quadruple" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Meaning:
A quantity that is four times as great as another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quadruple" is a kind of...):
multiple (the product of a quantity by an integer)
• QUADRUPLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Having four units or components
Synonyms:
four-fold; quadruple; quadruplex; quadruplicate; fourfold
Context examples:
quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure / quadruplex wire
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Meaning:
Four times as great or many
Synonyms:
fourfold; four-fold; quadruple
Context example:
a fourfold increase in the dosage
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
• QUADRUPLE (verb)
Meaning:
Increase fourfold
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
His stock earning quadrupled
Hypernyms (to "quadruple" is one way to...):
manifold; multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
They quadruple their earnings this year
Their earnings quadruple this year
