QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

verb , adjective , determiner

■ verb

/ kwɒˈdruːpl; NAmE kwɑːˈd-/ to become four times bigger; to make sth four times bigger :

[ v ]

Sales have quadrupled in the last five years.

[also vn ]

■ adjective [ only before noun ] determiner / ˈkwɒdrʊpl; NAmE kwɑːˈdruːpl/

1.

consisting of four parts, people or groups :

a quadruple alliance

2.

being four times as much or as many :

a quadruple whisky

This year we produced quadruple the amount produced in 2002.

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (as a verb): via French from Latin quadruplus , from quadru- four + -plus as in duplus (from duo two).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.