verb, adjective, determiner
verb to become four times bigger; to make sth four times bigger:
[V] Sales have quadrupled in the last five years. [also VN]
adjective [onlybeforenoun] determiner
1 consisting of four parts, people or groups:
a quadruple alliance
2 being four times as much or as many:
a quadruple whisky * This year we produced quadruple the amount produced in 1998.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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