quadrupleverb [ I or T ]
uk/kwɒdˈruː.pəl/us/kwɑːˈdruː.pəl/to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four:
The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.
We expect to quadruple our profits this year.
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Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
- add
- add (sth) up
- addition sign
- associative property
- borrow
- carry sth forward/over
- cube
- deduct
- distributive
- divide
- divisible
- divisor
- long division
- minus
- multiplication table
- multiply
- plus
- power
- table
- times
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quadrupleadjective, predeterminer
uk/`/us/kwɑːˈdruː.pəl/four times as big:
a quadruple measure
We have had quadruple the number of applicants we expected.
involving four parts, people, places, etc.:
a quadruple fracture of his thumb
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Numbers: single, double & multiple
- alone
- deca-
- double (up) as sth
- double-action
- double-digit
- dualism
- duality
- herself
- individual
- mono
- multi-
- multiple
- none
- odd
- solely
- solitary
- treble
- triple
- unilateral
- unit
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