Definition of octuple in English:
octuple
adjective ˈɒktjʊp(ə)lɒkˈtjuːp(ə)läkˈtəpəl
1attributive Consisting of eight parts or things.
Example sentencesExamples
- I couldn't decide whether to feel old and boring or as if I was 14 and on an octuple date.
- The five octuple launchers are installed with the caps almost flush with the surface of the bow deck behind the main gun.
- 1.1 Eight times as many or as much.
each over-amplified leap or octuple pirouette
in combination their album went octuple-platinum
verb ˈɒktjʊp(ə)lɒkˈtjuːp(ə)läkˈtəpəl
Make or become eight times as numerous or as large.
with object the new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of Massachusetts have octupled them
no object prices doubled and quadruple and octupled
Example sentencesExamples
- Doctors' salaries have octupled, and 22 million vaccination doses have been given to Iraqi children.
- The penalty shoot-out is unfair because it puts completely unfamiliar demands on a person and then it octuples the stakes.
Origin
Early 17th century: from French octuple or Latin octuplus (both adjectives), from octo 'eight' + -plus (as in duplus 'double').