Meaning & use
quadruple
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Four times as much or as many; consisting of four parts.
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The company reported quadruple the profits of the previous year.
They booked a quadruple room for the four of them.
A note on using this word
Also commonly used as a verb meaning 'to multiply by four,' as in 'sales quadrupled in a decade.'
Words with a similar meaning
fourfold
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To become, or make something become, four times as large.
The city's population quadrupled over thirty years.
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