QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kwɒdru:p(ə)l ]

( 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

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