quintuple
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
quintuples;
quintupled;
quinttupling
quintuples;
quintupled;
quinttupling
Britannica Dictionary definition of QUINTUPLE
1
[no object]
:
to become five times bigger in value or number
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The town's population has quintupled in the past 50 years.
2
[+ object]
:
to cause (something) to become five times bigger
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We quintupled our earnings.
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The company has quintupled the number of its employees.
2
quintuple
/kwɪnˈtʌpəl/
Brit
/ˈkwɪntjʊpl̟/
adjective
2
quintuple
/kwɪnˈtʌpəl/
Brit
/ˈkwɪntjʊpl̟/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of QUINTUPLE
1
:
five times bigger in size or amount
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Share prices are quintuple what they were a few days ago.
2
always used before a noun
:
having five parts or including five people or things
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a quintuple homicide/murder [=a murder of five people]
