Thesaurus: quadruple

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1. a. Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
2. n. four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
3. v. t. To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
4. v. i. To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
5. adj. having four units or components
6. adj. four times as great or many
7. n. a set of four similar things considered as a unit
8. n. a quantity that is four times as great as another
9. v. increase fourfold
10. Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts. four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages. To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. A. Smith. To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
11. Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruplealliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure isdivided into four equal parts.
12. n:5/j:20/v:75 n. a quantity that is four times as great as another v. increase fourfold s. having four units or components s. four times as great or many