quadruple
/kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.
noun
A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
Example Sentences
- "He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease."
- "Quadrupling four gives sixteen."
- "Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements."
- "Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested."
- "[…] by 10.20 pm, the Australian national search and rescue authority was mobilised. Because the alarm came in 51 hours late, the search-and-rescue area quadrupled."
- "On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kwɑˈdɹu.pəl/
- British English: /ˈkwɒd.ɹʊ.pəl/