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to quadruple
01
to multiply an amount or number by four
Transitive: to quadruple a number or amount
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
quadruple
3rd person singular
quadruples
Present participle
quadrupling
Past simple
quadrupled
Past participle
quadrupled
Examples
The company plans to quadruple its production capacity by investing in new manufacturing facilities.
1.1
to be multiplied by four
Intransitive
Examples
The number of attendees at the conference quadrupled compared to last year.
Quadruple
01
a quantity that is four times as great as another
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
quadruples
02
a set of four similar things considered as a unit
quadruple
01
four times as great or many
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most quadruple
Comparative
more quadruple
gradable
02
having four units or components
quadruple
01
four times the quantity or extent of something
Examples
The new warehouse was quadruple the size of their old storage facility.
Lexical Tree
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