QUADRUPLE


Meaning of QUADRUPLE in English

(~s, quadrupling, ~d)

1.

If someone ~s an amount or if it ~s, it becomes four times bigger.

Norway has ~d its exports to the EU...

The price has ~d in the last few years.

VERB: V n, V

2.

If one amount is ~ another amount, it is four times bigger.

They could sell their merchandise for ~ the asking price.

PREDET: PREDET det n

3.

You use ~ to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times.

...a ~ murder.

ADJ: ADJ n

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