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单词 quadrupling
释义

quadruple

1 of 3

verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrü-pəl How to pronounce quadruple (audio) -ˈdrə- How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
ˈkwä-drə-
quadrupled; quadrupling kwä-ˈdrü-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
-ˈdrə-;
ˈkwä-drə-

transitive verb

: to make four times as great or as many

intransitive verb

: to become four times as great or as numerous

quadruple

2 of 3

noun

: a sum four times as great as another

quadruple

3 of 3

adjective

1
: having four units or members
2
: being four times as great or as many
3
: marked by four beats per measure
quadruple meter
quadruply
kwä-ˈdrü-plē How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
-ˈdrə-;
ˈkwä-drə-
adverb
quadruplicity
ˌkwä-dru̇-ˈpli-sə-tē How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Verb The value of the stock has quadrupled in the past year. The town's population has quadrupled in the past 50 years. The company has quadrupled the number of its employees. Adjective She ordered a quadruple espresso.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Inflation around the 19-country eurozone was 8.9% in July, more than quadruple the rate just a year ago. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2022 The total number of homicides for 2021, a record 92, is more than quadruple the average annual number during the first decade-plus of the 21st century. The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022 So far this year, 275,000 hectares—roughly four times the area of New York City—have burned, which is more than quadruple the country’s annual average, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 These two highly contagious subvariants already have caused cases to quadruple in South Africa in the past two weeks, despite high immunity levels there. Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2022 The crowd Ellis seeks, then, would more than quadruple Wave-match turnouts of 5,000 to 6,000 at the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium, a thimble in comparison. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2022 The employees could triple or quadruple their salaries by going to Fortune 500 corporations or their law firms on K Street. Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Submissions using the Common Black College Application, solely for H.B.C.U.s., are projected to reach 40,000 this year, quadruple the total in 2016. New York Times, 11 June 2022 The first project, which is scheduled to be completed in October, will allow the waterfront refinery to nearly quadruple its storage of finished sugar from 4.6 million pounds to an additional 14 million. Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022
Noun
Four people were injured, one of them gravely, following an overnight quadruple shooting early Wednesday near the popular Brady Street bar district. Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Hanyu — competing with an injured ankle — failed to land his quadruple axel cleanly. Juliana Perri, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 In July, his campaign reported receiving $400,000 in individual donations during the second quarter, more than quadruple Toney's total. Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 Eventually landing on the green after stops in a bunker and again in the rough, McIlroy clinched his sixth career quadruple bogey eight which dropped him momentarily to 9-under. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2022 North Central's Ramiah Elliott made history with an unprecedented sprint quadruple to help lead the Panthers to a second team state title in three years. Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2022 Liverpool is still in contention for an unprecedented quadruple and Chelsea is still smarting from its quarterfinals exit from the Champions League. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 14 May 2022 Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in a quadruple slaying in 2005. CBS News, 18 Feb. 2022 New York City alone estimates 4 million people will attend, while vacation rental site, HomeToGo, saw 2022 searches to popular Pride destinations included in their Pride Index nearly quadruple from 2019. Maria Eilersen, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2022
Adjective
Testing revealed heart issues that ended in quadruple bypass surgery in December and repair of a hole in my heart the size of a 12 gauge in March. Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022 The team wore the orange facemasks twice last season, first in a late-October win against Ole Miss and again in the epic quadruple-overtime Iron Bowl against Alabama. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022 Lee scored at least 30 points in three games last season, including 52 in a 149-144 quadruple-overtime win over McNeese State in March. Matt Young, Chron, 21 June 2022 At Auburn, Alabama’s uncharacteristic mistakes set up a quadruple-overtime survival test for the Crimson Tide. Laine Higgins, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2021 The quadruple shooting was part of a rash of broad daylight shootings across the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday, which left at least two people dead and six others injured. Pilar Arias | Fox News, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 Four Baltimore school police officers have been assigned desk duty following their presence at a quadruple shooting that left one person dead on Harford Road over the weekend. Lillian Reed And Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2022 Agents stopped migrants more than 160,000 times from January through June in the Yuma sector, nearly quadruple from the same period last year. Bob Christie, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2022 No cause was given, though Dawson had had prostate cancer and quadruple heart-bypass surgery over the years. Dave Skretta, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English (Scots), from Latin quadruplare, from quadruplus

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quadruplum, from neuter of quadruplus four times as great, from quadri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

quadruple 1 of 2

verb

qua·​dru·​ple kwä-ˈdrü-pəl How to pronounce quadruple (audio)
quadrupled; quadrupling
: to make or become four times as great or as many

quadruple

2 of 2

adjective

1
: having four units or parts
2
: being four times as great or as many

quadrupling

noun

as in tripling

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • tripling
  • doubling
  • increase
  • multiplication
  • addition
  • accumulating
  • mushrooming
  • proliferation
  • growth
  • accumulation
  • escalation
  • creep
  • expansion
  • inflation
  • enlargement
  • amplification
  • rise
  • augmentation
  • distension
  • cumulation
  • lengthening
  • spread
  • extension
  • accrual
  • increment
  • accretion
  • distention
  • boost
  • gain
  • hike
  • rise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • decrease
  • reduction
  • lowering
  • diminishing
  • diminution
  • shrinking
  • lessening
  • shrinkage
  • contracting
  • contraction
  • drop
  • falloff
  • compression
  • diminishment
  • compressing
  • condensing
  • fall
  • constriction
  • condensation
  • shortening
  • abatement
  • drop-off
  • retrenchment
  • constricting
  • retrenching
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