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octuple
[ ok-too-puhl, -tyoo-; ok-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]
adjective
- eightfold; eight times as great.
- having eight effective units or elements.
verb (used with object)
octupled, octupling.
- to make eight times as great.
noun
- Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
octuple
/ ˈɒʊə /
noun
- a quantity or number eight times as great as another
adjective
- eight times as much or as many
- consisting of eight parts
verb
- tr to multiply by eight
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of octuple1
C17: from Latin octuplus, from octo eight + -plus as in duplus double
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“Broken Arrow police investigators have reviewed the medical examiner’s reports in reference to the incident we reported as an octuple murder-suicide,” the police department said in a statement Monday.
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The game began at 2:20 on what clearly would be a good day for Yeshiva to avoid, say, octuple overtime.
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He finished the hole at 10-over par for the tournament after, mercifully, making a nine-foot putt for octuple bogey, which is now a thing.
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For the record, it was an octuple bogey.
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It is now expected to octuple its number of seats in the House of Commons, from six to more than 50.
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