QUINTUPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quintuple mean? 

• QUINTUPLE (noun)
  The noun QUINTUPLE has 1 sense:

1. a set of five similar things considered as a unit

  Familiarity information: QUINTUPLE used as a noun is very rare.

• QUINTUPLE (adjective)
  The adjective QUINTUPLE has 1 sense:

1. having five units or components

  Familiarity information: QUINTUPLE used as an adjective is very rare.

• QUINTUPLE (verb)
  The verb QUINTUPLE has 1 sense:

1. increase fivefold

  Familiarity information: QUINTUPLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUINTUPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A set of five similar things considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

quintet; quintette; quintuple; quintuplet

Hypernyms ("quintuple" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

• QUINTUPLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having five units or components

Synonyms:

five-fold; fivefold; quintuple

Similar:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

• QUINTUPLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they quintuple    ... he / she / it quintuples   
Past simple: quintupled   
Past participle: quintupled   
-ing form: quintupling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increase fivefold

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The population of China quintupled

Hypernyms (to "quintuple" is one way to...):

manifold; multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

quintupling (increasing by a factor of five)