Quintuple
adjective
Being five times as much or as many.
The quintuple amount of money was too much for him to handle.
Often appears as...
- quintuple amount
- quintuple size
verb
Increase or cause to increase five times as much.
The profits quintupled over the course of the year.
Often appears as...
- profits quintupled
- quintupled in size
noun
A quantity or number that is five times as much or as many as another.
He earned a quintuple of what he made last year.
Often appears as...
- earned a quintuple
- a quintuple of numbers
adjective
Being five times as much or as many.
The quintuple amount of money was too much for him to handle.
Often appears as...
- quintuple amount
- quintuple size
verb
Increase or cause to increase five times as much.
The profits quintupled over the course of the year.
Often appears as...
- profits quintupled
- quintupled in size
noun
A quantity or number that is five times as much or as many as another.
He earned a quintuple of what he made last year.
Often appears as...
- earned a quintuple
- a quintuple of numbers
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Multiplication
Quintuple means five times larger, not just the sum of five things.
My garden's yield was quintuple that of last year, providing an abundance of vegetables.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurement Increases
Quintuple can refer to increases in size, quantity, volume, etc., always by five times.
With rigorous practice, the athlete quintupled his lung capacity.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Speech
Sometimes used for dramatic effect to emphasize a large increase or amount.
The small town's population seemed to quintuple every summer with tourists.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Multiplication
Quintuple means five times larger, not just the sum of five things.
My garden's yield was quintuple that of last year, providing an abundance of vegetables.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurement Increases
Quintuple can refer to increases in size, quantity, volume, etc., always by five times.
With rigorous practice, the athlete quintupled his lung capacity.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Speech
Sometimes used for dramatic effect to emphasize a large increase or amount.
The small town's population seemed to quintuple every summer with tourists.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Multiplication
Quintuple means five times larger, not just the sum of five things.
My garden's yield was quintuple that of last year, providing an abundance of vegetables.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurement Increases
Quintuple can refer to increases in size, quantity, volume, etc., always by five times.
With rigorous practice, the athlete quintupled his lung capacity.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Speech
Sometimes used for dramatic effect to emphasize a large increase or amount.
The small town's population seemed to quintuple every summer with tourists.
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Video examples
Peter Singer: The why...
and if you're successful in that career, you could give enough to an aid organization so that it could employ, let's say, five aid workers in developing countries, and each one of them would probably do about as much good as you would have done. So you can quintuple the impact
Video examples
Peter Singer: The why...
and if you're successful in that career, you could give enough to an aid organization so that it could employ, let's say, five aid workers in developing countries, and each one of them would probably do about as much good as you would have done. So you can quintuple the impact
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