quadruple

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to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four:

The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.

We expect to quadruple our profits this year.

four times as big:

a quadruple measure

We have had quadruple the number of applicants we expected.

involving four parts, people, places, etc.:

a quadruple fracture of his thumb

with four beats (= emphases) in a bar (= one of the small equal parts into which written music is divided):

The prologue consists of 11 slow bars in quadruple time.

The quadruple metre is established by the vocal part.

to become or make something four times greater:

[ I ] The number of students at the college quadrupled in the last ten years.

consisting of four parts, or four times greater in amount, number, or size:

My father had quadruple bypass heart surgery.

to become four times as much or as many, or to make something four times as much or as many:

The stock has more than quadrupled over the last three years.

Its share price has quadrupled since going public last June.

quadruple to sth Since then, sales have quadrupled to about 10,000 a month.

quadruple from sth to sth Sales nearly quadrupled from 4 million gallons a year to 14 million.

quadruple in size/value/price During his time at the top, the company quadrupled in size.

a size, amount, price, etc. four times as big as something else:

This figure is roughly quadruple the amount authorized in 2002.

four times the size, amount, price, etc.:

a quadruple jump in sales