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quintuple

[ kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, kwin-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. fivefold; consisting of five parts.
  2. five times as great or as much.
  3. Music. having five beats to a measure.


noun

  1. a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another.

verb (used with or without object)

quintupled, quintupling.
  1. to make or become five times as great.

quintuple

/ ˈkwɪntjÊŠpÉ™l; kwɪnˈtjuËpÉ™l /

verb

  1. to multiply by five
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. five times as much or as many; fivefold
  2. consisting of five parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a quantity or number five times as great as another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quintuple1

1560–70; < Middle French < New Latin or Medieval Latin ±ç³ÜÄ«²Ô³Ù³Ü±è±ô³Ü²õ, derivative of ±ç³ÜÄ«²Ô³Ù³Ü²õ fifth ( quint 1 ), on the model of duplus duple, quadruplus quadruple
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quintuple1

C16: from French, from Latin quintus, on the model of quadruple
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The number of deaths by drug overdose has quintupled in the last quarter-century.

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We know that we live in what's considered a fire zone because our fire insurance has quintupled, of course, but I do have this fire hose.

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The extent of wildfire in California has quintupled since the 1970s, the study notes.

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In the last three years, the number of top YouTube creators who receive most of their watch time from TV screens has quintupled, YouTube said.

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China’s car shipments to foreign markets have quintupled in the past four years.

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