QUADRUPLICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quadruplicate mean? 

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

1. any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly

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

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

1. having four units or components

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

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

1. reproduce fourfold

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUADRUPLICATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

it was signed in quadruplicate

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

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Derivation:

quadruple (increase fourfold)

quadruplicate (reproduce fourfold)

• QUADRUPLICATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having four units or components

Synonyms:

four-fold; fourfold; quadruple; quadruplex; quadruplicate

Context example:

quadruplex wire

Similar:

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

• QUADRUPLICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they quadruplicate    ... he / she / it quadruplicates   
Past simple: quadruplicated   
Past participle: quadruplicated   
-ing form: quadruplicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduce fourfold

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

quadruplicate the bill

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

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

quadruple (a quantity that is four times as great as another)

quadruplicate (any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly)