quintuple
verb/ˈkwɪntjʊpl/
/kwɪnˈtuːpl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quintuple | /ˈkwɪntjʊpl/ /kwɪnˈtuːpl/ |
| he / she / it quintuples | /ˈkwɪntjʊplz/ /kwɪnˈtuːplz/ |
| past simple quintupled | /ˈkwɪntjʊpld/ /kwɪnˈtuːpld/ |
| past participle quintupled | /ˈkwɪntjʊpld/ /kwɪnˈtuːpld/ |
| -ing form quintupling | /ˈkwɪntjʊplɪŋ/ /kwɪnˈtuːplɪŋ/ |
- quintuple (something) to become five times bigger; to make something five times bigger
- Sales have quintupled over the past few years.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via French from medieval Latin quintuplus, from Latin quintus ‘fifth’ + -plus as in duplus (from duo ‘two’).Want to learn more?
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