QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

I. quad ‧ ru ‧ ple 1 /ˈkwɒdrʊp ə l, kwɒˈdruː- $ kwɑːˈdruː-/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]

to increase and become four times as big or as high, or to make something increase in this way ⇨ double , triple :

Food prices quadrupled during the war.

The company has quadrupled its profits in just three years.

II. quadruple 2 BrE AmE adjective , predeterminer

1 . four times as big or as many ⇨ double , triple :

The subjects were given quadruple the normal dosage of the drug.

2 . involving four things of the same kind:

a quadruple murder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.